 IN Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands : "The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employed the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light,...  Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth - Page 288by Lucy Aikin - 1818Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 pages
...farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, A LONG STORY. JN Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of...building stands : The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employ'd the pow'r of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 pages
...an antiquary with all the zest of a poet. The whole poem is full of picturesqueness, fancy, and wit. IN Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile...building stands ; The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employ'd the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1860 - 422 pages
...abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. A LONG STORY. IN Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile...hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 574 pages
...appearance of romance, he gave the humoroua and lively account of It which the Long Story contains. IN Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile...there Employed the power of fairy hands. To raise the ceilings fretted height, Each panncl in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light,... | |
 | Bernhard Freiherr von Tauchnitz - English literature - 1860 - 468 pages
...appearance of romance, he gave the humorous and lively account of it which the " Long Story " contains. 1 In Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile...building stands : The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employ'd the power of fairy hands, 2 To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each pannel in achievements... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Berkshire (England) - 1860 - 292 pages
...is the only remaining wing of the Old Manor-house, described by Gray in his ' Long Story : ' — " In Britain's Isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands, The Huntlngdons and Hattons there Employ'd the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height.... | |
 | James Thomson - Gift books - 1861 - 480 pages
...Treasurer Burleigh was Chancellor of the University in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. A LONG STORY* In Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands ;t The Huntingdons and Hattons there EmployM the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted... | |
 | Eleanor Frances Blakiston - 1862 - 550 pages
...ancient pile of building stands • • * • • To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that Itad to nothing." GRAY. WE now request that our readers will favour us with their company in a jump... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1863 - 726 pages
...freedom and life than he often did. We may take a few stanzas, as connected with our further subject " In Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile...hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1863 - 304 pages
...past. Cease, my doubts, my fears to move ; Spare the honour of my love. Long Story. 203 A LONG STORY. IN Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile...building stands : The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employ'd the pow'r of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements... | |
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