 Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew; Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With quaint arabesques...  The Poetical Works of James Russel Lowell - Page 106by James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 406 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew; Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With quaint...bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with diamond drops, Which crystalled the beams of moon and sun, And made a star of every one : No mortal builder's most... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fret-work knew But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it wab carved in sharp relief, With quaint arabesques of...bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with diamond drops, Which crystalled the beams of moon and sun, And made a star of every one ; No mortal builder's most... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew • But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With quaint...bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with diamond drops, Which crystalled the beams of moon and sun, And made a star of every one : No mortal builder's most... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1855 - 780 pages
...counterfeit a breeze; Sometimes, the roof no fret-work knew, But silvery mosses that downward grew; Sometimes it was carved, in sharp relief, With quaint...it was simply, smooth and clear For the gladness of heav'n to shine through ; and hero lie had caught the nodding bulrush-tops, And hung tlioin thickly... | |
 | 1855 - 784 pages
...no fret-work know, But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was carved, in sharp'relief, With quaint arabesques of ice-fern leaf ; Sometimes...it was simply, smooth and clear For the gladness of heav'n to shine through ; and here He had caught the nodding bulrush-tope, And hung them thickly with... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With quaint...beams of moon and sun, And made a star of every one : No mortal builder's most rare device Could match this winter-palace of ice ; "Fwas as if every image... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1858 - 350 pages
...counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With quaint...shine through, and here He had caught the nodding bulrush tops And hung them thickly with diamond drops, Which crystall'd the beams of moon and sun,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With quaint...clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and It had gathered all the cold, here No mortal builder's most rare device Could match this winter-palace... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes, the roof no fretwork knew, But silvery mosses that downward grew; Sometimes it was carved, in sharp relief, With quaint...it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of hcav'n to shine through; and here FROST. He had caught the nodding bulrush tops. And hung them thickly... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Sir Launfal - 1863 - 44 pages
...knew But silvery mosses that downward grew ; " Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With qupint arabesques of ice-fern leaf; Sometimes it was simply...bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with diamond drops, Which crystalled the beams of moon and sun, And made a star of every one : No mortal builder's most... | |
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