 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...seem'd 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 N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...rock and broken bush ; I saw the white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; 34O And then there was a little isle, 4 Which in my very...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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;...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 310 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 ; A small green isle, it seem'd fio more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it... | |
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And then there was a little isle Which in my very face did smile, The 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 mountain breeze, And by it... 
