 | Myra Reynolds - 1896 - 312 pages
...hill-tops, the deep serene of the waters and the long shadows of the mountains thrown across them." " At distance heard the murmur of many waterfalls not...moon, but she was dark to me and silent, hid in her vatant interlunar cave." The charm of Gray's descriptions lies in a certain bare perfection of phrase,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1898 - 480 pages
...coloring of night draw on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hilltops, the deep serene of the waters, and the long shadows of the mountains thrown...but she was dark to me and silent, hid in her vacant inter-lunar cave." f * " A soft and lulling sound is heard Of streams inaudible by day." — The White... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1898 - 350 pages
...colouring of light draw on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hill-tops, the deep serene of the waters, and the long shadows of the mountains thrown...waterfalls, not audible in the daytime. Wished for the Moon, hut she was dark to me and silent, hid in her vacant interlunar cave.' Of his humour and sportiveness... | |
 | 1900 - 674 pages
...gleam of sunshine fading away on the hilltops, the deep serene of the waters, and the long shadows ot the mountains thrown across them, till they nearly...many water-falls, not audible in the day-time. Wished ior the Moon, but she was dark to me and silent, hid in her vacant interlunar Mr. Matthew Arnold has... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...colouring of light draw on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hill-tops, the deep serene of the waters, and the long shadows of the mountains thrown...in the day-time. Wished for the Moon, but she was dnt-k to me and :ilenl, hid in her vacant interlunar cave.' Of his humour and sportiveness his delightful... | |
 | Arthur Granville Bradley - 1901 - 360 pages
...the night draw on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away upon the hill tops, the deep serene of the waters, and the long shadows of the mountains thrown across them, till they nearly touch the hithermost shore ; at a distance were heard the murmurs of many waterfalls not audible in... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 pages
...colouring of light draw on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hilltops, the deep serene of the waters, and the long shadows of the mountains thrown...many water-falls, not audible in the day-time. Wished tor the Moon, hut she was dart to me and silent, hid in her vacant interlunar cave Mr. Matthew Arnold... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 404 pages
...colouring of light draw on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hill-tops, the deep serene of the waters, and the long shadows of the mountains thrown...but she was dark to me and silent, hid in her vacant intcrlunar cave. Of his humour and sportiveness his delightful letters are full ; his humour appears... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1903 - 630 pages
...colouring of light draw on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hill-tops, the deep serene of the waters, and the long shadows of the mountains thrown...in the day-time. Wished for the Moon, but she was darli to me and silent, hid in her vacant interlunar cave.' Of his humour and sportiveness his delightful... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1904 - 504 pages
...criticism. I will add only two quotations to show that accidents will happen to the bestregulated poets: " At distance heard the murmur of many waterfalls not audible in the daytime." (Gray to Wharton, 1769.) " A soft and lulling sound is heard Of streams inaudible by day." ( White... | |
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In the evening walked down alone to the lake by the side of Crow Park after sunset and saw the solemn colouring of light draw on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hilltops, the deep serene of the waters, and the long shadows of the mountains... 
