 O'er the fainting hero threw Her mantle of ambrosial blue; And bade her spirits bear him far, In Merlin's agate-axled car, To her green isle's enamelled steep Far in the navel of the deep.  Bradshaw's hand-book to Brittany - Page 19by John William C. Hughes - 1867Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1791 - 546 pages
...paynim foe " Arm'd with fate the mighty blow; " For when he fell, an elfin queen, " All in secret, and unseen, " O'er the fainting hero threw " Her mantle..." And bade her spirits bear him far, " In Merlin's agate-axled car, Vol. XIU. 1. " To her green isle's enamel'd steep, " Far in the navel of the deep.... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...beautifully availed himself of this romantic tradition : when he fell, an elfin queen, All in secret, and unseen, O'er the fainting hero threw Her mantle...blue ; And bade her spirits bear him far, In Merlin's agate-axled car, To her green isle's enamell'd steep, Far in the navel of the deep. O'er his wounds... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...beautifully availed himself of this romantic tradition : When he fell, an elfin queen, All in secret, and unseen, O'er the fainting hero threw Her mantle...blue ; And bade her spirits bear him far, In Merlin's agate-axled car, To her green isle's enamell'd steep, Far in the navel of the deep. O'er his wounds... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 502 pages
...land side, on the southern coaat; of Cornwall. " For when he fell, an elfin queen, " All in secret, and unseen, " O'er the fainting hero threw " Her mantle..." And bade her spirits bear him far, " In Merlin's agate-axled car, " To her green isle's enamel'd steep, " Far in the navel of the deep. " O'er his wounds... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 498 pages
...of Cornwall. " For when he fell, an elfin queen, " All in secret, and unseen, " O'er the faint'.ng hero threw " Her mantle of ambrosial blue ; *' And bade her spirits bear him far, " In Merlin's agate-axled car, " To her green isle's enamel'd steep, " Far in the navel of the deep. " O'er his wounds... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1810 - 308 pages
...towards the sea, and almost inaccessible from the land side, on the southern coasts of Cornwall. " O'er the fainting hero threw " Her mantle of ambrosial..." And bade her spirits bear him far, " In Merlin's agate-axled car, " To her green isle's enamelled steep, " Far in the navel of the deep. " O'er his... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1814 - 328 pages
...deireed Beneath a Saxon spear to hleed ! "Vet in vain a paynim foe Arm'd with fate the mighty hlow ; For when he fell, an elfin queen, All in seeret, and unseen, O'er the fainting hero threw The mantle of amhrosial hlue; And hade her spirits hear him far, In Merlin's agate-axled ear, To her... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - Fiction - 1816 - 562 pages
...vain, a Paynim foe Armed with fate the mighty blow; For when be fell, an Elfin Queen, All in secret and unseen, O'er the fainting hero threw Her mantle...blue; And bade her spirits bear him far, In Merlin's agate-axled car, Tu her green isles enamelled steep, Far in the navel of the deep. O'er his uomuls... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...vain a paynim foe Armed with fate the mighty blow ; For when he fell, an elfin queen, All in secret, and unseen, O'er the fainting hero threw Her mantle...blue ; And bade her spirits bear him far, In Merlin's agate-axled car, To her green isle's enamelled steep, Far in the navel of the deep. O'er his wounds... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...pay nim foe " Arm'd with fate the mighty blow ; " For when he fell, an elfin queen, " All in secret, and unseen, " O'er the fainting hero threw " Her mantle..." And bade her spirits bear him far, " In Merlin's agate-axled car, " To her green isle's enamell'd steep, " Far in the navel of the deep. " O'er his... | |
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