 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...margin grew, And freshened from the wave the zephyr flew ; And haply though my harsh note falt'ring still, But mocked all tune, and marr'd the dancer's...wondrous power, And dance forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages : Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 402 pages
...margin grew, And freshened from the wave the zephyr flew ; And haply though my harsh note falt'ring still, But mocked all tune, and marr'd the dancer's...wondrous power, And dance forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages : Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful mazej And the gay... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish literature - 1851 - 476 pages
...freshen 'fi from the wave, the zephyr flew; And haply, though my harsh touch faltVing still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill ; Yet would...power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages : dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze; And the gay... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 pages
...freshen'd from the wave, the zephyr flew ! And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill — Yet would...power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 pages
...freshen'd from the wave, the zephyr flew ! And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill — Yet would...power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay... | |
 | Washington Irving - Authors, English - 1851 - 400 pages
...wave the zephyr flew ; And haply though my harsh note falt'ring still, But mocked all tune, and marrM the dancer's skill ; Yet would the village praise...wondrous power. And dance forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages : Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1851 - 376 pages
...the zephyrs flew; And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marrM the dancer's skill, Yet would the village praise my...wondrous power, And dance forgetful of the noontide honr.' But, in truth, he understood not the character in which music is written, and played on that... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...flew : And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mocked all tune, and marred the dancer-s skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Scenes of this kind formed an appropriate school for the wandering poet. He brooded, with delight,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...murmuring Loire ! Where shading elms along the margin grew, And freshened from the wave the zephyr flew: And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still. But mocked all tune, and marred (he dancer's skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...haply, though my harsh touch falf ring still. Rut mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill : Tet would the village praise my wondrous power. And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze. And the gay... | |
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Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire ; Where shading elms along the margin grew. And... 
