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 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...frost-leaved forest crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fret-work knew 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... | |
 | 1855 - 784 pages
...no fret-work know, But silvery mosses that downward grew ; Sometimes it was carved, in sharp'relief, With quaint arabesques of ice-fern leaf ; Sometimes...it was simply, smooth and clear For the gladness of heav'n to shine through ; and here He had caught the nodding bulrush-tope, And hung them thickly with... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1857 - 334 pages
...frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses...bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with diamond drops, That crystalled the beams of moon and sun, And made a star of every one : No mortal builder's most... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1858 - 350 pages
...frost-leaved, forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of stsel-ste mm'd trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses...shine through, and here He had caught the nodding bulrush tops And hung them thickly with diamond drops, Which crystall'd the beams of moon and sun,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses...clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and It had gathered all the cold, here No mortal builder's most rare device Could match this winter-palace... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...frost-leaved forest crypt, Long sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes, the roof no fretwork knew, But silvery...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
...frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses...clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and It had gathered all the cold, here He had caught the nodding bulrush-tops And hung them thickly with... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 44 pages
...frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses...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... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 340 pages
...frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses...in sharp relief With quaint arabesques of ice-fern kaf ; Sometimes it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven to shine through, and here... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 342 pages
...frost-leaved forest-crypt, Long, sparkling aisles of steel-stemmed trees Bending to counterfeit a breeze ; Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses...grew ; Sometimes it was carved in sharp relief With (juaint arabesques of ice-fern kaf ; Sometimes it was simply smooth and clear For the gladness of heaven... | |
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