 The youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. "How pleasant...  The Book of British Ballads - Page 108edited by - 1844 - 152 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...of the Magnolia,* spread High as a cloud, high over-head! The Cypress and her spire, Of flowers § that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire. * Magnolia grandiflora. The Youth of green Savannahs spake, And many an endless endless lake, With... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1832 - 626 pages
...flowers, that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire. And he of green Savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless...quietly as spots of sky, Among the evening clouds.' No wonder, then, that the love of nature and of nature's works .should, in after years, have haunted... | |
 | England - 1819 - 792 pages
...of the .Magnolia, spread High as a cloud, high over head! The Cypress and her spire, — Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the lulls on fire. •' The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all... | |
 | England - 1819 - 782 pages
...of the Magnolia, spread High as a cloud, high over head ! The Cypress and her spire, —Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To let the hills on fire. " The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce then my third proof from " Ruth :" — " The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless,...quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. * * * ' What days and what sweet years ! Ah me ! Oar life were life indeed, with thce So pass'd in... | |
 | 1821 - 410 pages
...still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce then my third proof from " Ruth :"— " The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless,...quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. * * * ' What days and what sweet years ! Ah me ! Our life were life indeed, with thee So pass'd in... | |
 | 1824 - 446 pages
...still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce then my third proof from " Ruth :" — " The youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless,...quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. * * » ' ' What days and what sweet years ! Ah me ! Our life were life indeed, with thee So pass'd... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 446 pages
...still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce then my third proof from " Ruth :" — " The youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless,...quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. * * * * What days and what sweet years ! Ah me \ Our life were life indeed, witk thee So pass'd in... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 pages
...fading, faded flowers : They stand the wonder of the bowers From morn to evening dews. Of flowers, that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire." Vol. ip 151. Tighe, in his poem entitled the Rose, exalting the beauty of that floral sovereign^ says... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...told of the Magnolia, spread High as a clond, high over head! The Cypress and her spire; Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire. The Yonth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of inlands,... | |
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