And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels... Poems - Page 6by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...at full, Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word." So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept ilson @ 22 juta of pointed rock, Саше on the shining levels of the lake. There drew he forth the brand Exealibur,... | |
| James Payn - 1880 - 338 pages
...with the rest. Not a word did she interpose for full five minutes, till the reader came to — Then drew he forth the brand Excalibur, And o'er him. drawing it, the winter moon, Brightening the sldrts of a long cloud, ran forth, And sparkled, keen with frost, against the hilt; For all the haft... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1881 - 742 pages
...at full, Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word.' So saying, from the ruin d shrine he stept And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...Excalibur, And o'er him, drawing it, the winter moon, I .Tightening the skirts of a long cloud, ran forth And sparkled keen with frost against the hilt :... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1881 - 502 pages
...perform at Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word." So saying, from the ruined shrine he slept And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down Ry zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. There drew he forth... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 820 pages
...expanded into a beautiful picture. He steps athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bonea of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill ; we see him passing by " zig-zag paths and juts of pointed rock," till he comes to " the shining levels... | |
| George Brimley - 1882 - 354 pages
...sharp rocks down which the path to the lake descends : So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. The classical aquora may have suggested the ' shining levels ' ; but there is a deeper reason for the... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 pages
...full, Wateh what I see, and lightly bring thee word. " So saying, from the ruin'd shrine he stept, And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sung Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock,... | |
| George Dennis - 1888 - 648 pages
...roa-J between CHAPTER XX. PALO.— ALSIUM. Necnon Argolico dilectum littns Haleso Alfium. Siu ITALICCS. The place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of...sea-wind sang, Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. — TEXNTSON. FEW roads in Italy are now more frequented than the coastline of railway between Home... | |
| 1883 - 614 pages
...sorely wounded in that battle among the mountains, beside the winter sea — ' A ruined shrine, beside the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of...sea-wind sang Shrill, chill — with flakes of foam.' Only a few scattered stones on a rocky promontory remain to mark where once stood the old castle of... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1883 - 740 pages
...at full, Watch what I see, and lightly bring thee word." So saying, from the ruined shrine he stept And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where...ancient men, Old knights, and over them the seawind sang [stepping down Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock,... | |
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