 ... wound; Some to the passing wind at times, with sway Of gentle motion swung; Others of younger growth, unmoved, were hung Like stone-drops from the cavern's fretted height ; Beneath was smooth and fair to sight, Nor weeds nor briars deform'd the natural...  Indian life: a tale of the Carnatic - Page 199by Mary Anna Hartley - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1811 - 368 pages
...sight, Nor weeds, nor briars, deform'd the natural floor, And through the leafy cope which bower"d it o'er Came gleams of chequer'd light ; So like a temple did it seem, that there A pious heart's first impulse would be prayer." NOTE 5. PAGE Q. Rose too — unconscious instrument Of... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pages
...fair to sight, , . ' i Nor weeds nor briers deform'd the natural Boor ; And through the leafy cope which bowered it o'er Came 'gleams of chequer'd light....So like a temple did it seem, that there ' • "' A pioui heart's first impulse would be prayer'." : • ' ' ' * Curse of Kehama. • ' X • Portuguese... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...to sight, Nor weeds nor briars deform'd the natural floor, And through the leafy cope which bower'd it o'er Came gleams of chequer'd light. So like a temple did it seem, that there A pious heart's first impulse would be prayer. A brook, with easy current, murmur'd near; Water so cool... | |
 | 1839 - 352 pages
...smooth and fair to sight, Nor weeds nor briers deform 'd the natural floor; And through the leafy cope which bowered it o'er Came gleams of chequer'd light. So like a temple did it seem, that there A pious heart's first impulse would be prayer." 72 THE DRAGON TREE. And, if I do not fatigue you with... | |
 | 1839 - 352 pages
...to sight, Nor weeds nor briers deform'd the natural floor; And through the leafy cope which howered it o'er Came gleams of chequer'd light. So like a temple did it seem, that there A pious heart's first impulse would be prayer." 72 THE DRAGON TREE. And, if I do not fatigue you with... | |
 | 1841 - 444 pages
...to sight. Nor weeds nor briers deform'U the natural floor : And through the leafy cope which bower'd it o'er Came gleams of chequer'd light So like a temple did it seem, that there A pious heart's first impulse would •>• prayer." Class XXIV. — CRYPTOGAM!*. This class contains... | |
 | 1841 - 272 pages
...to sight, Nor weeds nor briers deform'dthe natural floor; And through the leafy cope which bower'd it o'er Came gleams of chequer'd light. So like a temple did it seem, that there A pious heart's first impulse would be prayer.— SOUTHEV. THE Banian-tree, one of the most beautiful... | |
 | 1852 - 396 pages
...to sight, Nor weeds nor briers deform 'd the natural floor; And through the leafy cope which bower'd It o'er Came gleams of chequer'd light. So like a temple did it seem, that there A pious heart's first impulse would be prayer." As it is well for us to learn some lessons by the way,... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...sight ; Nor weeds nor briars deform'd the natural floor ; And through the leafy cope which bower'd it o'er Came gleams of chequer'd light. So like a temple did it seem, that there A pious heart's first impulse would be prayer. SOUTHEY. THE OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY. LORD of all being... | |
 | Werner Hoffmeister - 1848 - 560 pages
...to sight, Nor weeds nor briers deform'd the natural floor; And through the leafy cope which bower'd it o'er Came gleams of chequer'd light. So like a temple did it seem, that there A pious heart's first impulse would be prayer." SOUTHEY. — Curse of Kehama. out intermission; and they... | |
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