 | Allen Ayrault Griffith - 1879 - 348 페이지
...Hiding the eye death left so dull ; — Its slumber we will keep ! 8. This is the place — the center of the grove ; Here stands the oak — the monarch...wood. How sweet and solemn is this midnight scene ! The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star; The... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1883 - 460 페이지
...ear for harmony, both in verse and prose ; and I remember in Douglas two such as you describe : — This is the place — the centre of the grove, Here stands the oak — the monarch of the wood. After this whiff of vapor I must refresh myself with a draught of pure poetry, at the bottom of which... | |
 | John Swett - 1884 - 412 페이지
...pause marking a phrase or a clause is often made to coincide with the csesural pause. EXAMPLES. 1. This is the place, | the centre of the grove : Here...wood. How sweet and solemn | is this midnight scene ! The silver moon, | unclouded, holds her way Through skies where I | could count each little star;... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1884 - 340 페이지
...could of his deliverance, to all whom curiosity or wonder might induce to make the inquiry. CHAPTEE IX. This is the place, the centre of the grove, Here stands the oak, the monarch of the wood. DOUGLAS. WE must now avail ourselves of the privilege of all gossips and tale-tellers, that of going... | |
 | Mathew Wilson - 1884 - 294 페이지
...and repentance are the companions of rashness. Experience is a much surer guide than imagination. " This is the place, the centre of the grove. Here stands the oak, the monarch of the wood." EXAMPLE OF CONSTRUCTION. " The Turks have strong fortifications on both shores of the Dardanelles,... | |
 | 1886 - 344 페이지
...we contend again, our strife is mortal. [Exeunt. ACT V. SCENE L — T!te TTooA Enter DOtiHLAS. Deng. This is the place, the centre of the grove ; Here...wood. How sweet and solemn is this midnight scene ! The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Thro' skies, where I could count each little star. The... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - 1890 - 528 페이지
...ships are made. To sweep rich cargoes o'er the watery main. SOLILOQUY OF DOUGLAS— SOLEMNITY. THIS place, — the centre of the grove : — Here stands...wood ! How sweet and solemn is this midnight scene ! The silver moon unclouded holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star ; The... | |
 | Sarah Neal Harris - 1891 - 206 페이지
...his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more." " This is the place, the centre of the grave ; Here stands the oak, the monarch of the wood ; How sweet and solemn is this midnight scene ! The silver moon unclouded holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star ; The... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893 - 272 페이지
...but not rousing with new and great thoughts. The following lines are a favourable specimen : — ' ' This is the place, the centre of the grove ; Here...wood. How sweet and solemn is this midnight scene ! The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star. The... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893 - 274 페이지
...interesting, but not rousing with new and great thoughts. The following lines are a favourable specimen : — "This is the place, the centre of the grove; Here...wood. How sweet and solemn is this midnight scene ! The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star. The... | |
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Through skies, where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ; The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence, with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry... 
