Twixt resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St. Mary's silent lake ; Thou know't it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ;... Annual Register - Page 171edited by - 1820Full view - About this book
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 pages
...resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St. Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure...silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Par in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath, but... | |
| History - 1810 - 928 pages
...lone St. Mary's silent ¡ake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, norseJge, Pollute the pure Kike'- crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink...the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand ¿larks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline... | |
| 1810 - 430 pages
...whole passage.— • " OFT in my mind tuch thoughts awake, By lone St Mary'i silent lake ; Thou knowst it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure...where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, b.ight and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St. Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Ahrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level hrink ; And just a trace of silver sand... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 332 pages
...resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well,— nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge j Abrupt and sheer the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand... | |
| Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 582 pages
...resignation and content. Ofi in my mind sm-li thoughts awake Ir lone Si Mary's silent Like; (3) Thou kno»'$t it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure...mountains sink At once upon the level brink; And just al race* of silver siind Marks where the water meets the land. Fu in the mirror, bright and blue, E»rh... | |
| 1848 - 700 pages
...described in the second canto of Sir Walter Scott's " Marmion." •• Lone St. Mary's silent lake. Nor fen nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's crystal...; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the waters meet the land. For in the mirror bright and blue Each hill's huge outline you may view, Shaggy... | |
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1833 - 430 pages
...Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone Saint Mary's silent lake ; 2 Thou know'st it well,—nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge...the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand l Marks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline... | |
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...resignation and content Oft in mv mind such thoughts awake, by lone St. Mary's silent lake:3 Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure...the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright und blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view; Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree, nor... | |
| John William Carleton - 1867 - 1254 pages
...impress'd. ***** Oft in my mind such thought* awake, By lone St. .Mary's silent lake. Thou know'st it well — nor fen nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's...the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Harks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror bright and blue Each lull's huge outline you... | |
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