| English literature - 1808 - 1016 pages
...ne'er survey 'd, When sated with the martial shew, That peopl'd all the plain below, The wand'ring eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant city glow With gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke wreaths, huge and slow, That on their sable turrets flow, In morning beams were shed, And tinged... | |
| Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1808 - 526 pages
...fairer scene he ne'er surveyed. When sated with the martial show That peopled all the plain below, The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant...huge and slow, That round her sable turrets flow, The morning beams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud, Like that which streaks a thunder-cloud.... | |
| 1809 - 914 pages
...fairer scene he ne'er surveyed. When sated with the martial show That peopled all the plain below, The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant...For on the smoke-wreaths, huge and slow, That round lier sable turrets flow, The morning beams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud Like that... | |
| Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 494 pages
...fairer scene he ne'er surveyed. When sated with the martial show That peopled all the plain below, The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant...gloomy splendour red ; For on the smoke-wreaths, huge arid slow, That round her sable turrets flow, The morning beams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...fairer scene he ne'er surveyed, When, sated with the martial show That peopled all the plain below, The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant...huge and slow, That round her sable turrets flow, The morning beams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud, Lake that which streaks a thunder-cloud.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...fairer scene he ne'er surveyed. When sated with the martial show That peopled all the plain helow, The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant...on the smoke-wreaths huge and slow, That round her sahle turrets flow, The morning heams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud, Like that which... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...fairer scene he ne'er survey'd. When sated with the martial show That peopled all the plain beltfw, The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant...huge and slow, That round her sable turrets flow, Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castle holds its state, And all the steep slope... | |
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 530 pages
...fairer scene he ne'er survey'd. When sated with the martial show That peopled all the plain below, The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant...huge and slow, That round her sable turrets flow, The morning beams were shed, And tinged them with a lustre proud, Such dusky grandeur clothed the height,... | |
| English literature - 1822 - 582 pages
...fairer scene he ne'er survey "d. When sated with the martial show That peopled all the plain below The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant city glow With gloomy splendour red ; For in the smoke-wreaths, huge and slow, That round her sable turrets flow, The morning beams were shed,... | |
| English literature - 1822 - 1148 pages
...fairer scene he ne'er survey "d. When sated with the martial show That peopled all the plain below The wandering eye could o'er it go, And mark the distant city glow With gloomy splendour red ; For in the smoke-wreaths, huge and slow, That round her sable turrets flow, The morning beams wore shed,... | |
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