 On his bold visage middle age Had slightly pressed its signet sage, Yet had not quenched the open truth, And fiery vehemence of youth ; Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare, The sparkling glance, soon blown to fire, Of hasty...  The Little Wife: And the Baronet's Daughters ... - Page 58by Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline) - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...and on the stranger gazed. Not his the form, nor his the eye, That youthful maidens wont to fly. XXI. On his bold visage middle age Had slightly pressed...quenched the open truth, And fiery vehemence of youth ; Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare, The sparkling glance, soon blown... | |
 | 1810 - 590 pages
...Of her guest we arc told, ' Not hi? the form, nor his the eye, That youthful maidens wront to fly. ' On his bold visage middle age Had slightly pressed...quenched the open truth, And fiery vehemence of youth ; , Forward and fiqlic glee was there, ; The will to do, the soul to dare, . . , The sparkling glance,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...LADY OF THE LAKE. CANTO L Not his the form, nor his the eye, That youthful maidens wont to fly. XXI. On his bold visage middle age Had slightly pressed...quenched the open truth, And fiery vehemence of youth ; Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare, The sparkling glance, soon blown... | |
 | English literature - 1810 - 1018 pages
...gazed, Not his the form, nor his the eye, That youthful maidens wont to fly, . May Í810Í XXII. i On his bold visage middle age Had slightly pressed its signet sage, Vet had not quenched the open truth, Aod fiery vehemence of youth ; Forward and frolic glee was there,... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...the stranger gazed. " Not his the form, nor his the eye, " That youthful maidens wont to fly. '• Oo his bold visage middle age " Had slightly pressed its signet sage, " Yet bad not qnetirbed the open truth, " And fiery vehemence of youth ; " Forward and frolic glee was there,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...stranger gazed. Not his the form, nor his the eye, That yonthfnl maidens wont to fly. XXI. On his hold visage middle age Had slightly pressed its signet sage, Yet had not qnenched the open trnth, And fiery vehemence of yonth ; Forward and frolic glee was there, The will... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...iVot his the form, nor .Ms the eye, That youthful maidens .wont to fly. XXIOn his bold visage, mid die age Had slightly pressed its signet sage, Yet had not quenched the open truth. And fiery veheraenc-e of youth; Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare, The sparkling... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...paused, and on the stranger gazed. Not his the form, nor his the eye, That youthful maidens wont to fly. On his bold visage, middle age Had slightly pressed...quenched the open truth, And fiery vehemence of youth ; Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare, The sparkling glance, soon blown... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...paused, and on the stranger gazed. Not his form, nor his the eye, That youthful maidens wont to fly. On his bold visage middle age Had slightly pressed...had not quenched the open truth. And fiery vehemence ofyoutli ; Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare, The sparkling glance... | |
 | Lady Scott (Caroline Lucy) - 1833 - 312 pages
...object before her, showed her a tall handsome military-looking man, apparently not much past thirty. " On his bold visage, middle age Had slightly pressed...quenched the open truth, And fiery vehemence of youth." vOL. I. E For a minute both the guardian and ward stood immoveable, as if equally at a loss how to... | |
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