 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1853 - 506 דפים
...and Scotland, in which countries this plant abounds ; thus Scott says of his " Lady of the Lake," * "A foot more light, a step more true. Ne'er from the heath-flower brushed the dew." In the Highlands of Scotland the poor make use of the heath to thatch the roofs of... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1854 - 290 דפים
...treads on it so light. — Ibid. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ; E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread. SCOTT. — Lady of the Lake. Is she kind as she is fair? For beauty lives with kindness : Love doth... | |
 | Elise Osborne - 1854 - 370 דפים
...! what upon earth does any one want with such disagreeables ? I'll not read that. Here's Scott : " A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised his head Elastic from her fairy tread." " Who does... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1854 - 282 דפים
...As falcon to the lure, away she flies ; The grass stoops not, she treads on it so light. — Ibid. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ; E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread. SCOTT. —... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 דפים
...Short glimpses of a breast of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had traiu'd her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the del E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 דפים
...cheek with brown, — The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses...of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measur'd mood had train'd her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 דפים
...trace A nymph, a naiad, or a grace, Of finer form or lovelier face. * Also in Rob Koy, Vol. i. Ch. ii. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew. Canto i. St. 21. On his bold visage middle age Had slightly pressed its signet sage.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 דפים
...cheek with brown, — The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses...though no rule of courtly grace To measured mood had trained her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew... | |
 | 1857 - 274 דפים
...her agile and fawn-like action when in health and spirits, so buoyant and graceful indeed, that — " A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ! E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread." No one, we... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 דפים
...cheek with brown,— The sportive toil, which, short and light, Had dyed her glowing hue so bright, Served too in hastier swell to show Short glimpses...of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measur'd mood had train'd her pace, — A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower... | |
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To measured mood had trained her pace, A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew ; E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread... 
