 A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath...  The Quarterly Review - Page 2021817Full view - About this book
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...one in view ! A small green isle ; it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the...there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flow'rs growing, Of gentle breath and hue. The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous,... | |
 | Alicia Moore, Wandering Artist - Middle Ages - 1846 - 680 pages
...than my dungeon-floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain-breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there...young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue." * Now called " Byron's Isle." SCENERY AROUND CHILLON. 231 the blue waters — the gloomy valleys of... | |
 | Mrs Robert Moore - 1846 - 372 pages
...than my dungeon-floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain-breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there...young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue." * Now called " Byron's Isle." SCENERY AROUND CHILLON. 231 the blue waters — the gloomy valleys of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...upon the view. 0A small green Isle, It seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But la , > 9 < < < 6]?^?_? 6 ; : :6>] breexe, And by It there were waters flowing, And on It there were young flowers growing, Of gentle... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...only one in view; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast,... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1851 - 398 pages
...one in view. A small green isle — it seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor ; But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue : The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - English poetry - 1851 - 588 pages
...broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the monntain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. The lisli swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising... | |
 | David Bogue - Savoy (France and Italy) - 1852 - 416 pages
...only one in view; A small green isle, it seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor; But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the...young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue." In the season when the steamers perform a regular service from one extremity of the lake to the other,... | |
 | Mrs. J. K. Sampson - 1852 - 94 pages
...reappearance. CHAPTER III. " And then there was a little isle Which in my very face did smile, ***** And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there...were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue." BYRON. IN the vicinity of Mexico were a number of chinampas, or floating gardens. They were planted... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Alps, Italian (Italy) - 1852 - 512 pages
...than my dungeon-floor; But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain-breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there...young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue." The commencement of the valley of the Rhone is dreary and uninteresting. The low ground is a flat alluvial... | |
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