 Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With quaint arabesques...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 103edited by - 1855Full view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...waters slipt Down through a frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof...it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and here He had caught the nodding bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...waters slipped Down through a frost-leaved forest crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof...But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it wab carved in sharp relief, With quaint arabesques of ice-fern leaf; Sometimes it was simply smooth... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees, Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; 292 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew • But silvery...it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and here He had caught the nodding bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with... | |
 | 1854 - 362 pages
...waters slipt Down through a frost-leaved forest crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees, Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof...it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and here He had caught the nodding bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1856 - 46 pages
...frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a hreeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses...it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and here He had caught the nodding bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1858 - 350 pages
...waters slipt Down through a frost-leaved, forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of stsel-ste mm'd trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof...it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and here He had caught the nodding bulrush tops And hung them thickly with... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...waters slipt Down through a frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof...it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and It had gathered all the cold, here No mortal builder's most rare device... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...waters slipt Down through a frost-leaved forest crypt, Long sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes, the roof...it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of hcav'n to shine through; and here FROST. He had caught the nodding bulrush tops. And hung them thickly... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...waters slipt Down through a frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof...it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and It had gathered all the cold, here He had caught the nodding bulrush-tops... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Sir Launfal - 1863 - 44 pages
...waters slipt Down through a frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze; Sometimes the roof...grew ; " Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With qupint arabesques of ice-fern leaf; Sometimes it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven... | |
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