| Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...in the hues of youth Standing upon a hill, a gentle hill. Green and of mild declivity ; the last. As 'twere the cape, of a long ridge of such, Save that...cornfields, and the abodes of men Scattered at intervals, and wreathing smoke Arising from such rustic roofs ; the hill Was crowned with a peculiar diadem Of... | |
| Henry William Herbert - 1882 - 316 pages
...of a long hill— 192 "A gentle hill, Green and of mild declivity—the last, As 'twere the cape ol a long ridge of such, Save that there was no sea to...corn-fields, and the abodes of men Scattered at intervals, and wreathing smoke Arising from such rustic roofs." The hills above and somewhat farther off to the... | |
| Henry William Herbert - 1882 - 324 pages
...scene was the slope of a long hill — "A gentle hill, Green and of mild declivity — the last, As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that...a most living landscape, and the wave Of woods and corn•flelds, and the abodes of men Scattered at intervals, and wreathing smoke Arising from such... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 392 pages
...in the hues of youth Standing upon a hill, a gentle hill, Green, and of mild declivity, the last As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that...lave its base, But a most living landscape, and the wavo Of woods and corn-fields, and the abodes of men, Scntter'd at intervals, and wreathing smoke A... | |
| Henry William Herbert - 1882 - 638 pages
...scene was the slope of a long hill — "A gentle hill, Green and of mild declivity — the last, As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But n most living landscape, and the wave Of woods and corn-fields, and the abodes of men Scattered at... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 910 pages
...in the hues of youth Standing upon a hill, a gentle hill, Green, and of mild declivity, the last As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there was no Bra to lave its base, Bat • moat living landscape, and the wave Of woods and corn-fields, and the... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...in the hues of youth, Standing upon a hill: a gentle hill, Green and of mild declivity, the last. As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there wa« no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape, and the wave, Of woods and corn-fields,... | |
| Leopold Hartley Grindon - 1882 - 358 pages
...just such a one as suggested that other immortal portrait, Green, and of mild declivity, the last, As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there is no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape. The time to go to this glad pinnacle is at... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 1162 pages
...hues of youth Standing upon a hill, a gentle hill, Green and of mild declivity, the last As 't were rcus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection,...indistinct decay.— And thou didst shine, thou r Scatter'd at intervals, and wreathing smoke Arising from such rustic roofs;—the hill Was crown'd... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 pages
...hues of youth Standing upon a hill, a gentle hill, Green, and of mild declivity, the last As 't were the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there...wave Of woods and corn-fields, and the abodes of men Scatter'd at intervals, and wreathing smoke Arising from such rustic roofs ; — the hill Was crown'd... | |
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