 All was so still, so soft in earth and air, You scarce would start to meet a spirit there ; Secure that nought of evil could delight To walk in such a scene, on such a night...  The works of lord Byron - Page 165by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820Full view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1832 - 326 pages
...their low, rustling, whispering sound rather heightened than interrupted the repose of nature. •' All was so still, so soft, in earth and air, You scarce would start to meet a spirit there. And a dim, shadowy form that stole out from the Jaws of the ravine might almost have been taken for... | |
 | John Galt - 1832 - 358 pages
...deck the shore, the waves their channel make In windings bright and mazy, like the snake. Alt was ao still, so soft in. earth and air, You scarce would start to meet a spirit there, Secure that naught of evil could delight To walk in such a scene, in such a sight ! It was a moment only for the... | |
 | Rival sisters - 1834 - 192 pages
...Mr. F., published in Pope's letters. NOTE 6.—page 23. " When heard in such a mood at such a time." Secure that nought of evil could delight To walk in such a spot on such a night. Lara. NOTE 7.—page 28. " Then tremble! for the hour is near at hand," fyc.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 348 pages
...love. These deck the shore ; the waves their channel make In windings bright and mazy like the snake. All was so still, so soft in earth and air, You scarce...could delight To walk in such a scene, on such a night ! It was a moment only for the good : So Lara deem'd, nor longer there he stood, But turn'd in silence... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 260 pages
...love. These deck the shore; the waves their channel make In windings bright and mazy like the snake. All was so still, so soft in earth and air, You scarce...delight To walk in such a scene, on such a night! It was a moment only for the good : So Lara deemed , nor longer there he stood , But turned in silence... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...love. These deck the shore; the waves their channel make In windings bright and mazy like the snake. All was so still, so soft in earth and air, You scarce...could delight To walk in such a scene, on such a night ! It was a moment only for the good : So Lara deem'd, nor longer there he stood, But turu'd in silence... | |
 | 1838 - 468 pages
...almost truth. It was in such a frame of mind as I have been describing, and on such a night, when '* All was so still, so soft, in earth and air, You scarce would start to meet a spirit there," that I wandered forth with a young and intelligent Persian, with whom I was then residing. He pointed... | |
 | Diary - 1840 - 616 pages
...smooth mossy turf, once watered with the blood of thousands of victims. ' All was so calm, so still in earth and air, You scarce would start to meet a spirit there.' Perchance the spirits of those martyred saints may be permitted to revisit the scene of their last... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...love. These deck the shore; the waves their channel make In windings bright and mazy like the snake. ll was so st ! It was a moment only for the good : So Lara deem'd, nor longer there he stood, But turn'd in silence... | |
 | P. Sadler - 1841 - 362 pages
...love. These deck the sore; ihe waves their channel make In windings bright and mazy (2) like the snake. All was so still, so soft in earth and air, You scarce...would start to meet a spirit there, Secure that nought (5) of evil could delight To walk in such a scene, on such a night. It was a moment only for the good... | |
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