 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 Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 135by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 827 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view ; A small green isle, — it seemed no more, — Scarce broader than my dungeon floor...and hue. The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, — Methought he never flew so fast THE... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...skimming down ; And then there was a little isle, 1 2) Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce...flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing, Of>gentle breath and hue. The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; 316... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...skimming down ; 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...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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...The only one in view ; A small green isle, it scein'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon flour, offered, divides with the Orlando InLhe honour of...The great defects of ere his treating too serious ¿rowing, Of gentle breath and hue. The fish swam by the castle-wall, And they seetn'd joyous each... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...skimming down ; 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 no more, Scarce...joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he never flew so fast As then to me he seem'd to fly, And then new tears came in my eye,... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1851 - 398 pages
...little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view. A small green isle — it seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor ; But...and hue : The fish swam by the castle wall, And they seemed joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he never flew so fast As then... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - English poetry - 1851 - 588 pages
...go skimming down; 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...there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the monntain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing, Of... | |
 | David Bogue - Savoy (France and Italy) - 1852 - 416 pages
...a little isle Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view; A small green isle, it seemed no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor; But...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... | |
 | J H. Aitken - Elocution - 1853 - 378 pages
...skimming down ; 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...joyous each and all; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methought he never flew so fast As then to me he seem'd to fly, And then new tears came in my eye,... | |
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