 Few minutes had passed, ere they spied on the stream A skiff sailing light, where a lady did seem ; Her sail was the web of the gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her wakelight, the rainbow her boom ; A dim rayless beam was her prow and her mast, Like wold-fire...  The Queen's Wake, and Other Poems - Page 93by James Hogg - 1860 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1810 - 430 pages
...ere they spied on the stream, A skiff sailing light where a lady did seem : Her sail was the web of the Gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her wake-light,...A dim rayless beam was her prow and her mast, Like wild-fire at midnight that glares on the waste. * The pine was the standard of Macgregor. Though rough... | |
 | 1814 - 558 pages
...originality, and we are convinced there is abundant extravagance, in telling UB that " Her sail was the web of the gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her wakelight, the rainbow her boom ; A dim rayless beam was her p;-ow and her mast," &c. We have as yet said nothing of the incidents ef the different lales, or the... | |
 | 1814 - 570 pages
...originality, and we are convinced there is abundant extravagance, in telling us that " Her sail was the web of the gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her wakelight,...boom ; A dim rayless beam was her prow and her mast," &c. We have as yet said nothing of the incidents ef the different tales, or the manner in which they... | |
 | 1814 - 564 pages
...Few minutes had passed, ere they spied on the stream A skiff sailing light, where a lady did seem." " Though rough was the river with rock and cascade, No torrent, no rock, her velocity staid; Shb wimpled the water to weather and lee, And heaved as if borne on the waves of the sea. Mute Nature... | |
 | 1814 - 556 pages
...originality, and we are convinced there is abundant extravagance, in telling us that " Her sail was the web of the gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her wakelight, the rainbow her boom ; A dim raylcss beam was her prow and her mast," &c. We have as yet said nothing of the incidents of the different... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...ere they spied on the stream, A skiff sailing light, where a lady did seem; Her sail was the web of the gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her wakelight,...her mast, Like wold-fire, at midnight, that glares oiuthe waste. Though rough was the river with rock and cascade, No torrent, no rock, her velocity staid... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...ere they spied on the stream, A skiff sailing light, where a lady did seem ; Her sail was the web of the gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her wakelight,...A dim rayless beam was her prow and her mast, Like wold -fire, at midnight, that glares on the waste. Though rough was the river with rock and cascade,... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...ere they spied on the stream A skiff- sailing light, where a lady did seem ; Her sail was the web of the gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her wakelight,...rock and cascade, No torrent, no rock, her velocity stay'd ; She wimpled the water to weather and lee, And heaved as if borne on the waves of the sea.... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...where a lady did seem ; Her sail was the web of the gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her \vakclight, the rainbow her boom ; A dim rayless beam was her...rock and cascade, No torrent, no rock, her velocity stay'd ; She wimpled the water to weather and lee, And heaved as if horne on the waves of the sea.... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...crouched, trembling the while,A skiff sailing light, where a lady did seem; Her sail was the web of a gossamer's loom, The glow-worm her wakelight, the...A dim rayless beam was her prow and her mast, Like wolde-fire at midnight, that glares on the waste. Though rough was the river with rock and cascade,... | |
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