 Sunbeams, upon distant hills Gliding apace, with shadows in their train, Might, with small help from fancy, be transformed Into fleet Oreads sporting visibly. The Zephyrs fanning, as they passed, their wings, Lacked not, for love, fair objects whom they...  The Excursion, Being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem - Page 180by William Wordsworth - 1814 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...as they passed, their wings, Lacked not, for love, fair objects whom they wooed With gentle whisper. Withered boughs grotesque, Stripped of their leaves...himself, The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring god. XII.—THE CITY PIGEON. (WILLIS.) STOOP to my window, thou beautiful dove! Thy daily visits have touched... | |
 | 1863 - 326 pages
...as they passed, their wings, Lacked not for love fair objects whom they wooed With gentle whisper. Withered boughs grotesque, Stripped of their leaves...himself, The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring god. WOBDSWOBTH. THE ORIGIN OF FABLE. WHAT has made the sage or poet write But the fair paradise of Nature's... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 552 pages
...with stirring horns Of the live deer, or goat's depending beard — These were the lurking satyrs, ^fa "wild brood Of gamesome deities ; or Pan himself, The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring God.** — WORDSWORTH. LESSON HI.' — THE PERSIAN WARS. 1 . PASSING over the " fabulous period" of Grecian... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...Diana. 3 JVatodf, th. • nymphs of the springs ; Oreads, those of the mountains. With gentle whisper. Withered boughs grotesque, Stripped of their leaves...covert peeping forth, In the low vale, or on steep mountain-side ; And sometimes intermixed with stirring horns Of the live deer, or goat's depending... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...they passed, their wings, Lacked not, for love, fair objects, whom they wooed With gentle whisper. Withered boughs grotesque, Stripped of their leaves...covert peeping forth, In the low vale, or on steep mountain-side ; And sometimes intermixed with stirring horns Of the live deer, or goat's depending... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1866 - 408 pages
...objects, whom they woo'd With gentle whisper. Withered boughs grotesque, 275 CUDDY BLAKE AND HARRY GILL. Stripped of their leaves and twigs by hoary age, From...covert peeping forth In the low vale, or on steep mountain-side — And sometimes, intermixed with stirring horns Of the live deer, or goat's depending... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1866 - 508 pages
...as they passed, their wings, Lacked not, for love, fair objects whom they wooed With gentle whisper. Withered boughs grotesque, Stripped of their leaves...age, From depth of shaggy covert peeping forth In a low vale, or on steep mountain side; And, sometimes, interm:xed with stirring horns Of the live deer,... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...as they passed, their wings Lacked not, for love, fair objects whom they woed With gentle whisper ; withered boughs grotesque, Stripped of their leaves...hoary age From depth of shaggy covert peeping forth In a low vale, or on steep mountain's side ; And, sometimes intermixed with shining horns Of the live... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 pages
...as they passed, their wings, Lacked not, for love, fair objects whom they wooed With gentle whisper. Withered boughs grotesque, Stripped of their leaves...himself, The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring god. XII.— THE CITY PIGEON. (WILLIS.) STOOP to my window, thou.beautiful dove! Thy daily visits have touched... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1869 - 266 pages
...as they passed their wings, Lacked not for love, fair objects, whom they woocd With gentle whisper. Withered boughs grotesque, Stripped of their leaves...live deer, or goat's depending beard ; These were the larking satyrs, a wild brood Of gamesome Deities 1 or Pan himself, The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring... | |
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