| 1881 - 882 pàgines
...wonderful subject for an artist — " There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton vale, Which to this diiy stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore. This solitary tree, a living tiling Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form nnd aspect too magnificent... | |
| 1883 - 708 pàgines
...of the gloomy yew and Agincourt, may pOHsibly have suggested the charade : — There is a yew tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single...the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore, Nor loth to furnish weapons for the hands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's Heaths... | |
| 1883 - 736 pàgines
...of the gloomy yew and Agincourt, may possibly have suggested the charade :— There is a yew tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single...the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore, Nor loth to furnish weapons for the hands Of TJmfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's Heaths;... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1885 - 344 pàgines
...it feels, Which slowly settles into peaceful calm, Is left to muse upon the solemn scene. YEW-TREES. THERE is a yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to...midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore, Not loath to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy, ere they marched To Scotland's heaths... | |
| William John Courthope - 1885 - 268 pàgines
...forms in which to express-its enthusiasm. Or take, again, the magnificent lines on ' Yew Trees ' : There is a Yew-Tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to...midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not lot1 to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1889 - 468 pàgines
...The voiceless Form he chose to feign, While fluttering in the bushes. 4° YEW-TREES. 1803. — 1815. THERE is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to...midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not loath to furnish weapons for the hands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1889 - 488 pàgines
...The voiceless Form he chose to feign, While fluttering in the bushes. 4° YEW-TREES. 1803. — 1815. THERE is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to...midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not loath to furnish weapons for the hands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths... | |
| William Wordsworth, Henry Norman Hudson - 1889 - 251 pàgines
...of the Crusades. 1 [1803. To the memorial majesty of Time Impersonated in thy calm decay! YEW-TREES. THERE is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Not loth to furnish weapons for the bands Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore: To Scotland's heaths... | |
| Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley - 1894 - 270 pàgines
...Over the brow of yonder hill to the south lies Lorton Vale, and as all lovers of Wordsworth know: " There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to...the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore ; Of vast circumference and gloom profound this solitary Tree !" 3 Long after it had ceased supplying... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1894 - 860 pàgines
...with disdain The voiceless Form he chose to feign, While fluttering in the bushes. ("803.) YEW TREES. There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day staniis single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not loth to furnish weapons... | |
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