| James Wallis Eastburn, Robert Charles Sands - King Philip's War, 1675-1676 - 1820 - 378 pages
...bright eye of Nature, in mild glory hovers : 'Tis the land of the sunbeam, — the green isle of s lovers ! 3. " Sweet strains wildly float on the breezes...Where, wreathing their garlands of amaranth, fair The dance and the revel, mid forests that cover On high with their shade the green isle of the lover.... | |
| 1821 - 504 pages
...discovers, In distance seen dimly, the green isle of lovers. 2. " There verdure fades never ; immortal iu bloom, Soft waves the magnolia its groves of perfume...high with their shade the green isle of the lover.' The following spirited sketch of the motives that drove our forefathers from the comforts of civilized... | |
| Congregationalism - 1832 - 534 pages
...bright eye of nature, in mild glory hovers; Tis the land of the sunbeam, — the green isle of lovers I 3. Sweet strains wildly float on the breezes that...sound that inspires The dance and the revel, 'mid forest that cover, On high with their shades, the green isle of the lover. 4. But fierce as the snake... | |
| Robert Charles Sands - American essays - 1834 - 446 pages
...Soft waves the magnolia its groves of perfume ; And low bends the branch with rich fruitage depress'd, All glowing like gems in the crowns of the east ;...that inspires The dance and the revel, mid forests thai cover On high with their shade the green isle of the lover. 4. " But fierce as the snake with... | |
| Robert Charles Sands - American essays - 1834 - 472 pages
...of nature, in mild glory hovers : 'Tis the land of the sunbeam, — the green isle of lovers ! 8. " Sweet strains wildly float on the breezes that kiss...high with their shade the green isle of the lover. •1. " But fierce as the snake with his eyeballs of fire, When his scales are all brilliant and glowing... | |
| John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 pages
...bright eye of nature in mild glory hovers : 'T is .the land of the sunbeam, the green isle of lovers. Sweet strains wildly float on the breezes that kiss....high, with their shade, the green isle of the lover. But fierce as the snake, with his eyeballs of fire, When his scales are all brilliant and glowing with... | |
| American ballads and songs - 1841 - 376 pages
...bright eye of nature in mild glory hovers : Tis the land of the sunbeam, the green isle of lovers. Sweet strains wildly float on the breezes that kiss...high, with their shade, the green isle of the lover. But fierce as the snake, with his eyeballs of fire, When his scales are all brilliant and glowing with... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...heaven, could trace The soul's vast features, that shall tread The stars, when earth is nothingness 1 | Sweet strains wildly float on the breezes that kiss...wreathing their garlands of amaranth, fair choirs Ghd measures still weave to the sound that inspires The dance and the revel, mid forests that cover... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...trace The soul's vast features, that shall tread The stars, when earth is nothingness ? Sweet (trains wildly float on the breezes that kiss The calm-flowing...high with their shade the green Isle of the Lover. Where he — who struck old Albyn's lyre,§ Till round the world its echoes roll, And swept, with all... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...heaven, could trace The soul's vast features, that shall tread The stars, when earth is nothingness ? Sweet strains wildly float on the breezes that kiss...high with their shade the green Isle of the Lover. Where he — who struck old Albyn's lyre,§ Till round the world its echoes roll, And swept, with all... | |
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