 The timid girls, half dreading their design, Dip the small foot in the retarded brine, And search for crimson weeds, which spreading flow., Or lie like pictures on the sand below ; With all those bright red pebbles, that the sun Through the small waves...  The Borough: A Poem, in Twenty-four Letters - Page 276by George Crabbe - 1816 - 292 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 pages
...in the retarded brine, An.l search for crimson weeds, which spreading (low. Or lie like pictniesnn the sand below: With all those bright red pebbles. that the sun Through the small waves so softly And those live lucid jellies which the eye Delights to trace as they swim glittering by: Pearl-shells... | |
 | Leopold Hartley Grindon - 1882 - 358 pages
...there are pretty green ones that "lie like pictures on the sands below," With all those bright-hued pebbles that the sun Through the small waves so softly shines upon. The borders of Oakmere abound with curious plants. One of the rarest of British grasses, the Calamagrostis... | |
 | 1885 - 686 pages
...shingles rolled; The timid girls, half dreading their design, Dip the small foot in the retarded brine, And search for crimson weeds, which spreading flow,...jellies which the eye Delights to trace as they swim glittering by : Pearl shells and rubied star-fish they admire, And will arrange above the parlor fire... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pages
...design, Dip the small foot in the retarded brine, And search for crimson weeds, which spreading floAr, Or lie like pictures on the sand below; With all those...jellies which the eye Delights to trace as they swim glittering by : Pearl shells and rubied star-fish they admire, And will arrange above the parlor fire... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1888 - 294 pages
...shingles roll'd : The timid girls, half dreading their design, Dip the small foot in the retarded brine, And search for crimson weeds, which spreading flow,...jellies which the eye Delights to trace as they swim glittering by : Pearl-shells and rubied star-fish they admire, And will arrange above the parlour-fire,—... | |
 | Manchester Geographical Society - 1889 - 988 pages
...Crimson wood» that spreading flow Or lie like pictures on the Bands below, With all those smooth round pebbles that the sun Through the small waves so softly shines upon." À pleasing attribute of many plante is their tociability. They love their kin, and to live side by... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...shingles rolled: The timid girls, half dreading their design, Dip the small foot in the retarded brine, And search for crimson weeds, which spreading flow...jellies which the eye Delights to trace as they swim glittering by ; Pearl shells and rubied star-fish they admire, And will arrange above the parlor Are.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 pages
...shingles rolled ; The timid girls, half dreading their design, Dip the small foot in the retarded brine, And search for crimson weeds, which spreading flow,...jellies which the eye Delights to trace as they swim glittering by : Pearl shells and rubied star- fish they admire, And will arrange above the parlour... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1899 - 492 pages
...shingles roll'd : The timid girls, half dreading their design, Dip the small foot in the retarded brine, And search for crimson weeds, which spreading flow,...upon ; And those live lucid jellies which the eye Pearl-shells and rubied star-fish they admire, And will arrange above the parlour-fire, — Tokens... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...shingles rolled ; The timid girls, half dreading their design, Dip the small foot in the retarded brine, And search for crimson weeds, which spreading flow,...jellies which the eye Delights to trace as they swim glittering by : Pearl shells and rubied star-fish they admire, And will arrange above the parlour fire... | |
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