 | English poetry - English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...listening mood she seem'd to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace 25 A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form or lovelier...brown, — The sportive toil, which short and light, SO Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast... | |
 | Ferncliffe - 1867 - 352 pages
...return from the perilous expedition on which he was bound. CHAPTER II. CAPTAIN AND LIEUTENANT. " And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a naiad, or a grace. Of finer form or lovelier face." SCOTT. IN a tastefully- arranged boudoir in Ferncliffe Hall, before a pretty cottage-piano, sat a graceful... | |
 | Thomas Inman - Health - 1868 - 172 pages
...— or have read the pretty couplet in which Scott describes his charming " Lady of the Lake "— And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a naiad, or a grace, Of finer form or lovelier lace. What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace ; A foot more light,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 398 pages
...Naiad oO^e strand. XVIII. And ne'er did Grecian chizzel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of flner form or lovelier face ! What though the sun, with ardent frown, Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown,The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright. Served too In... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 530 pages
...summit hoar ; While on the north, through middle air, Ben-an heaved high his forehead bare. ELLEN. AND ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or...glowing hue so bright, Served, too, in hastier swell to shew i Short glimpses of a breast of snow ; What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 276 pages
...summit hoar ; While on the north, through middle air, Ben-an heaved high his forehead bare. ELLEN. AND ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or...glowing hue so bright, Served, too, in hastier swell to shew Short glimpses of a breast of snow ; What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 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...ardent frown, Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown — What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace — A foot more light,... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...Were the last words of Marmion. 187. From ' THE LADY OF THE LAKE.' ELLEN — THE LADY or THE LAKE. And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or...ardent frown, Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown — What though no rule of courtly grace To measur'd mood had train'd her pace — A foot more light,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...LAKE. In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand, Canto i Stan2a 17. And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face. Canto i. Stausa iS. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - 798 pages
...monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand. 18 And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or...toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hne so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow ; What though... | |
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