| John Murray (Firm) - Switzerland - 1811 - 618 pages
...: it is thus mentioned by Byron in the Prisoner of Chillon :— "And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view;...green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon-floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And oVr it blew the mountain-breeze, And by it... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinders - 1815 - 324 pages
...white-walTd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; 340 And then there was a li ttle isle, * Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. 350 The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...white-walTd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; 340 And then there was a little isle,* Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. 850 The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising... | |
| 1817 - 506 pages
...the uhite-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down i And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view...blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters tlcwing, And on it there were young dowers growing. Of gentle breath and hue. 3j* The fish swam by... | |
| English literature - 1817 - 590 pages
...the white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view...no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But iu it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; 340 And then there was a little isle, * Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. 35O The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; 34O And then there was a little isle, 4 Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view...were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. 350 The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down; And then there was a little isle,(4) Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view;...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, Methought he... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...the white- wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; And then there was a little isle/ Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view...mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, Aud on it there were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. The fish swam by the castle wall,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down; 340 And then there was a little isle, (4) Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view;...seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, 345 But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were... | |
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