 But scarce again his horn he wound, When lo ! forth starting at the sound From underneath an aged oak, That slanted from the islet rock, A damsel guider of its way, A little skiff shot to the bay...  Notice of Windsor in Olden Times - Page 154by John Stoughton - 1844 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...underneath an aged oak, " That slanted from the islet roik, " A damsel guider of its way, " A little skifl' shot to the bay, " That round the promontory steep " Led its deep line in graceful swerp, " Eddying, in almost viewless wave, " The weeping willow twig to lave, ' And kiss, with whimpering... | |
 | Margaret Oswald - Callander (Scotland) - 1811 - 76 pages
...down, and stretching out their lateral branches, so as to touch the surface of the deep. «« Prom underneath an aged oak, «' That slanted from the islet rock ; «* A damsel guider of its way, t ft A little skiff shot to the bay. «« The boat had touch'd the silver strand, « Just as the hunter... | |
 | Stirling town - 1812 - 328 pages
...hanging down, and stretching out their lateral branches, so as to touch the surface of the deep, " From underneath an aged oak, That slanted from the...damsel, guider of its way, . A little skiff shot to $ie buy. The boat had touched the silver strand, Just as the hunter left his stand, And stood concealed... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...falchion has heen tried." XVII. Bat scarce again his horn he wound, When lo ! forth starting at the sound, From underneath an aged oak, That slanted from the...Damsel guider of its way, A little skiff shot to the hay, That round the promontory steep Led its deep line in graceful sweep, Eddying, in almost viewless... | |
 | Roads - 1819 - 274 pages
...pehhly heach, opposite to the island, where Fair Elleu, shooting, in her little skiff, to the hay " That round the promontory, steep, Led its deep line in graceful sweep," and had her first interview with the Knight of Snowdou. Ahout a mile helow the farm house of Brenchoil,... | |
 | James Duncan - Roads - 1820 - 250 pages
...reach the pebbly beach opposite to the island where the fair Ellen, shooting in her " little skiff" to the bay, " That round the promontory steep Led its deep line in graceful sweep," had her first interview with the Knight of Snowdoun. " To enjoy this view in its full extent, the Traveller... | |
 | Scotland. [Appendix. - Descriptions, Topography & Travels.] - Scotland - 1821 - 378 pages
...coming to a pebbly beach, opposite to the island, where Fair Ellen, shooting, in her little skiff, to the bay " That round the promontory, steep, Led its deep line in graceful sweep," had her first interview with the Knight of Snowdon. About a mile below the farm-house of Brenchoil,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...falchion has been tried.' XVII. But scarce again his horn he wound, When lo ! forth starting at the sound, From underneath an aged oak, That slanted from the islet rock, A damsel guider of its way, A little skirt' shot to the bay, That round the promontory steep Led its deep line in graceful sweep, Eddying,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...at the sound. From underneath an aged oak, Th.it slanted from iho »let rock, Л damsel ft u id er of its way, A little skiff shot to the bay, That round the promontory steep Led its deep liur iu graceful sweep, Eddying, in almost viewless wave, The weeping willow twig to lave, And kiss,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...!' " ELLEN DOUGLAS. '' But scarce again his horn he wound, "When lo ! forth starting at the sound, From underneath an aged oak, That slanted from the islet rock, A damsel, guider of its way, 18 1 A little skiff shot to the bay, That round the promontory steep, Led its deep line in graceful... | |
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