| A. L. Stronach - 1891 - 290 pages
...also shunned, whose mournful chambers hold — So night-struck fancy dreams — the yelling ghost. Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge, The glowworm lights his gem ; and through the dark 20 A moving radiance twinkles. ALLAN RAMSAY. Born 1685— Died 1758. The water clear,... | |
| William Renton - 1893 - 268 pages
...impassioned love of landscape, and of pure if not specially delicate or profound nature observation. Among the crooked lanes on every hedge The glowworm lights his gem; and through the dark A moving radiance twinkles. Evening yields The world to night; not in her winter robe... | |
| 1895 - 768 pages
...Horning. The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uncflectual fire. Sh. Sam. I. 5. Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge, The glow-worm lights his gem ; and thro' tho dark, A moving radiance twinkles. Thomson, Summer, 1650. GLUTTONY — see Dinner, Dining, Greediness.... | |
| 1896 - 1224 pages
...To captivate her favorite fly And tempt the rover through the dark. j. MONTGOMERY — The Glow-worm. , 1845. K. KINDNESS. Kindness through the dark, A moving radiance twinkles. k. THOMSON — The Seasons. Summer. L. 1,682. Gnat. A... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...down the rough cascade white dashing fall, Or gleam in lengthen'd vistas through the trees. THOMSON. Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge, The glow-worm lights his gem. THOMSON. LAUGHTER. Sometimes a violent laughter screw'd his face, And sometimes ready tears dropp'd... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pages
...tower Is also shunned ; whose mournful chambers hold, So night-struck Fancy dreams, the yelling ghost Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge, The Glowworm lights his gem ; and through the dirk, A moving radiance twinkles. Evening yields The world to Night ; not in her winter... | |
| George Campbell Macaulay - 1907 - 278 pages
...being shown as yet only by that best language " Of cordial glances and obliging deeds." Meanwhile, " Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge, The glow-worm lights his gem ; and thro1 the dark A moving radiance twinkles. Evening yields The world to night." Things of the earth... | |
| George Campbell Macaulay - 1908 - 280 pages
...being shown as yet only by that best language " Of cordial glances and obliging deeds." Meanwhile, " Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge, The glow-worm...radiance twinkles. Evening yields The world to night." Things of the earth become dim, while the heaven grows bright with radiant orbs. There perhaps a comet... | |
| James Thomson - 1908 - 554 pages
...also shunned ; whose mournful chambers hold, 1680 So night-struck fancy dreams, the yelling ghost. Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge, The Glow-worm lights his gem ; and, through the dark, A moving radiance twinkles. Evening yields 1669 Loves fond, by that sinoerest language... | |
| John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - 1910 - 1174 pages
...also shunned; whose mournful chambers hold — So night-struck fancy dreams — the yelling ghost. 45 out of sight. Here lie abash'd The great negotiators of the earth, 3' And through the dark A moving radiance twinkles. Evening yields The world to night ; not in her winter... | |
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