And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face ! What though the sun, with ardent frown, Had slightly tinged her cheek with brown, The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so... The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 160by Sir Walter Scott - 1900 - 582 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1812 - 850 pages
...Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier f.ice ! What though the sun, with ardent frown. Had slightly ting'd her cheek with brown, — The sportive toil, which,...hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow : What thonsjh no rule of courtly grace To measur'd mood had train'd... | |
| 1811 - 544 pages
...the remainder of the- description with approbation. t And ne'er did Grecian chizzel trace A Nympb, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face...cheek with brown, The sportive toil, which, short arid light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. XVTIT. And ne'er did Grecian chizzel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form,...hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow ; What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand. XVIII. And ne'er did Grecian chizzel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form,...her glowing hue so bright, . Served too in hastier swell-to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow : What though no rule of eonrtfy grace To measured... | |
| Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand. XVIII. And ne'er did Grecian chizzel trace A N3rmph, a Naiad, or a Grace, , Of finer form, or lovelier...light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served tod in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow ; What though no rule of courtly grace... | |
| Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. " And ne'er did Grecian chizzel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form,...brown: The sportive toil, which short and light, Had died her glowing hue so bright, Served too, in hastier swell, to show Short glimpses of a breast of... | |
| 1810 - 590 pages
...listening mood she seemed to stand The guardian naiad of the strand. 'And ne'er did Grecian chizzel trace A nymph, a naiad, or a grace, Of finer form,...the sun with ardent frown Had slightly tinged her cheeks with brown, The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue to bright, Served... | |
| 1810 - 482 pages
...form, or lovelier face ! " What though the sun, with ardent frown, " Had slightly tinged her clunk with brown,— " The sportive toil, which, short and...hue so bright, " Served too in hastier swell to show " Short glimpses of a breast of snow ; " What though no rule of courtly grace " To measured mood had... | |
| History - 1812 - 822 pages
...Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seem'd to staud The guardian Naiad of the strand. And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad,...What though the sun, with ardent frown, Had slightly ting'd her cheek with brown, — The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 pages
...Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seem'd to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand. XVIII. And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph,...hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow: What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had train'd... | |
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