 | Edward Lascelles (fict.name.) - 1837 - 346 pages
...little isle, That 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...it there were waters flowing, And on it there were wild flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue. PRISONER OF CHILLOK. AFTER a somewhat tedious six weeks... | |
 | Fashion - 460 pages
...face," as in that of Chillon 's pining captive, smiled " the small green isle ;" over which still " Blew the mountain breeze : And by it there were waters...young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue." Won by the quiet loveliness of the scene, I fell into a delightful reverie, from which I was at last... | |
 | John Murray - 1838 - 452 pages
...is thus mentioned by Byrou in the Prisoner of Chillón: — " And lh, -11 there »as 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 o'er it blew the mountain-breeze, And by... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Alps, French (France) - 1838 - 446 pages
...than my rtungeon-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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...and broken bush ; 1 saw the white-wall'd distant town, And whiter sails go skimming down ; And ihm y 4 the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast, Methonght he... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...one in view ; Л small green isle, It seem'd no more, Scarce broader than ray dungeon floor, But la Gordon N. flsh swam by the castle wall, And they seem'd joyous each and all ; The eagle rode the rising blast,... | |
 | John Murray - 1842 - 482 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 unin. • In reality only five. 162 teresting.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 548 pages
...that Republic, which is still proud of the memory of u man worthy of the best age of ancient freedom. The only one in view ; A small green isle, it seem'd...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...the while-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...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, Methoogbt he... | |
 | Thomas Henry White - Europe - 1845 - 492 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...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 blast, Methought he... | |
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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... 
