 | 1811 - 544 pages
...of a breast of suow : Whet though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood huil trained her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E en the slight hare-bell raised his head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 pages
...a breast of snow ; What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 pages
...breast of snow; Voi, IV. 2 s What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace; A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew; E'en the slight hare-bell raised it's head, Elastick from her airy tread: What though upon her speech... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 pages
...of a breast of snow: What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had train'd her pace,— A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread: What though... | |
 | Dorothea Primrose Campbell - 1821 - 552 pages
...there. CHAPCHAPTER IX. What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had train'd her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dasb'd the dew. What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the Thulian tongue, Those silver... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...a breast of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had train'd her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true. Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head. Elastic from her airy tread : What though... | |
 | 1833 - 570 pages
...spaniel, who, as if inspired with her gaiety, went bounding after her splphlike figure, than whose " A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew." The children of the tenantry used to follow her at a respectful distance, to see her climb the mountains... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1825 - 516 pages
...of it by that title : " What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace ? A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew : E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head Elastic from her airy tread." LADY OF THE LAKH. CANDY-TUFT.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1825 - 1096 pages
...a breast of snow : What, though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 pages
...the Lake, would be quite absurd were the flower there mentioned, intended to be the English harebell. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head Elastic from her airy tread. When applied... | |
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E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear. 
