 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 364 pages
...expectations, upon Georgia's shore; for, though not upon American savannas, or Canadian lakes, " With all their fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Amongst the evening clouds," yet, amongst the loveliest scenes of sylvan England, and (at intervals)... | |
 | Catherine Anne Hubback - 1855 - 336 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. WORDSWORTH. THE evening was hot, bright, and calm, when most of the party assembled punctually in the... | |
 | 1856 - 580 pages
...told 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,...seem To set the hills on fire. The youth of green savannas spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands that together... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1856 - 344 pages
...alchymical works; it is a very good specimen of mystical writing." > 4^. Every height on fire.] — " Cover a hundred leagues and seem To set the hills on fire." — ( Wordsworth.) " The western wave was all a-flame, The day was well-nigh done ; Almost upon the... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 556 pages
...a perfect ground ;" or Gordale Scar. It is not far from Bolton to Kendal, and to Windermere. " The Lake, With all its fairy crowds Of Islands that together lie, As quutly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds." The river Duddon, will, as long as our Literature... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1857 - 480 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,...quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. " How pleasant," then he said, " it were A fisher or a hunter there, In sunshine or in shade t To wander... | |
 | John Baillie - 1857 - 380 pages
...weary in well doiug ; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." — Gal.y vi., 9. Flowers, that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire." "WHEN a tired laborer," says Foster, "can repose upon laying aside his work, that is something. But... | |
 | John Askew - Australia - 1857 - 488 pages
...the hills beyond. No scenery could be more enchanting than that presented by this picturesque cluster of islands "That together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds." We sailed past the headland, till we came opposite the city. All the side of the promontory within... | |
 | William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1857 - 824 pages
...whole breadth of the lake is spanned by the eye, including : •' all the fairy crowds Of islands which together lie, As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds.' From this point the isles appear distinctly separated from each other, but not so much so as to give... | |
 | Rev. John Baillie - 1858 - 370 pages
...be weary in well doing; for in duo season we shall reap, if wo Cunt not."— Gal vi. 9. " Flowers, that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire." " WHEN a tired laborer," says Foster, " can repose upon laying aside his work, that is something. But... | |
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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... 
