 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...monument of Grecian art, In listening mood she seem'd to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or...the sun, with ardent frown, Had slightly tinged her check with brown — What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had train'd her pace —... | |
 | Walter Scott - Poetry, English - 1857 - 362 pages
...listening mood, she seem'd to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace l A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier...with ardent frown, Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown,The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, 1 [MS.—" A finer... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 pages
...scem'd to stand, The guardian Xaiad of the strand. XVIIL And ne'er did G reciau chisel trace* A Xyinph. a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face...the sun, with ardent frown. Had slightly tinged her check with brown.— The sportive toil, -which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright,... | |
 | Leroy Jones Halsey - Bible as literature - 1859 - 448 pages
...ripening wheat-fields of Boaz, we think of her as one who might ha»e prompted the lines of Scott : "Ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a naiad, or a grace Of finer form or lovelier face." Ruth is, indeed, in some respects, the gem of the whole gallery of Scripture portraits. And, as we... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1860 - 656 pages
...monument of Grecian art. In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. XVUL And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face! XVH Had slightly tinged her cheek with browa— The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1860 - 372 pages
...Cr-cian art; In listening mond she seemeil to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. Anil ne'er <li<! Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face! What thoug* the son, with ardent frown, Had slightly tinged her cheek wim brown, The sportive toil, which,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Gift books - 1861 - 380 pages
...monument of Grecian art, In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. " And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or...hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Shoii glimpses of a breast of snow ; What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained... | |
 | Aesthetics - 1861 - 144 pages
...monument of Grecian art, In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face J What though the sun, with ardent frown, Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown — What though... | |
 | Allet (pseud.) - 1862 - 390 pages
...little fairy of sixteen, who might have well sat for the portrait of Sir Walter Scott's Ellen,— " And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face ! * * * * A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the... | |
 | Double acrostics - 1862 - 208 pages
...daughter seemed the maid, Her satin snood, her silken plaid, Her golden brooch such birth betrayed. And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a naiad, or a grace, Of finer form and lovelier face." 0. " The mourner of the nations, there she stands, Childless and crownless in her... | |
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