Each fleeting shadow of earth and sky, Lest the happy model should be lost, Had been mimicked in fairy masonry By the elfin builders of the frost. The Vision of Sir Launfal - Page 11by James Russell Lowell - 1899 - 28 pagesFull view - About this book
| Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 pages
...device Could match this winter-palace of ice; 205 'T was as if every image that mirrored lay In his depths serene through the summer day, Each fleeting...should be lost, Had been mimicked in fairy masonry 2I0 By the elfin builders of the frost. Within the hall are sons; and laughter, The cheeks of Christmas... | |
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...'Twas as if ev'ry image that mirrored lay In his depths serene through the summer day, Each flitting shadow of earth and sky, Lest the happy model should...fairy masonry By the elfin builders of the frost. JX L<n.*ll. CHRISTMAS CAROL. CHRISTMAS CAROL. OUTLANDERS, whence come ye last? The snow in the street... | |
| James Comper Gray - 1879 - 398 pages
...'Twas as if every image fiat mirrored lay In his depths serene through the summer day, Each flitting shadow of earth and sky. Lest the happy model should...fairy masonry, By the elfin builders of the frost.' 24. light, of day, not here lightning, parted, distributed over the earth. Light appears to start from... | |
| Lucy Larcom - 1879 - 142 pages
...quaint arabesques of ice- fern leaf. • • • • 'Twas as if every image that mirrored lay In his depths serene through the summer day, Each fleeting...the happy model should be lost. Had been mimicked in fairy-masonry By the elfin builders of the frost. But we willingly return, from even these pleasant... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 pages
...that mirrored lay dust : THE VISION OF SIR LAUXFAL. Each fleeting shadow of earth and sky, Lest tlie happy model s>hould be lost, Had been mimicked in fairy masonry By the eltiii builders of the frost. Within the hall are song and laughter, The cheeks of Christmas glow red... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 pages
...rare device Could match this winter-palace of ice; 'Twas as if every image that mirrored lay t In his depths serene through the summer day, Each fleeting...fairy masonry By the elfin builders of the frost. Within the hall are song and laughter, > The cheeks of Christmas glow red and jolly, And sprouting... | |
| William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...device Could match this winter-palace of ice; 'Twas as if every image that mirrored lay 20J In his depths serene through the summer day, Each fleeting...fairy masonry By the elfin builders of the frost. aio LITERARY ANALYSIS. — 181-210. The little hrook . . . frost. The narrative description in these... | |
| Louisa Macduff - 1880 - 304 pages
...•'Twas as if every image that mirrored lay In his depths serene through the summer day, Each flitting shadow of earth and sky, Lest the happy model should...fairy masonry By the elfin builders of the frost. LOWELL. JANUARY 12. " God is love."— I John iv. 8. The text " God is love " has kept me thinking... | |
| Cup - 1880 - 304 pages
...Twas as if every image that mirrored lay In his depths serene through the summer day, Each flitting shadow of earth and sky, Lest the happy model should...fairy masonry By the elfin builders of the frost. LOWELL. JANUARY 12. " God is love."— I John iv. 8. The text " God is love " has kept me thinking... | |
| Brainerd Kellogg - 1880 - 288 pages
...extract from Lowell's "Vision of Sir Launfal," and note how these three points are illustrated : — Within the hall are song and laughter, The cheeks...and jolly, And sprouting is every corbel and rafter With the lightsome green of ivy and holly; Through the deep gulf of the chimney wide Wallows the Yule-log's... | |
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