And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels... The Early Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Seite 148von Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1899 - 294 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 404 Seiten
...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on...forth And sparkled keen with frost against the hilt : Tor all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1898 - 248 Seiten
...hand of Bedevere is now cast into the sea. What a wondrous piece of word-painting is that scene, — There drew he forth the brand Excalibur And o'er him, drawing it, the whiter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long cloud, ran forth, And sparkled keen with frost against... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 404 Seiten
...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on...the hilt : For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both... | |
| 1855 - 326 Seiten
...up through the poem. Excalibur does not merely sparkle in the moonlight with its jewelled hilt, but The winter moon, Brightening the skirts of a long...forth And sparkled keen with frost against the hilt. , Sir Bedivere does not doubt whether he shall throw the sword, but stands This way and that, dividing... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1856 - 400 Seiten
...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on...against the hilt: For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both... | |
| 1856 - 796 Seiten
...noble brand, and of Sir Bedivere's unwillingness to restore it to the Lady of the Lake :— " Then drew he forth the brand Excalibur And o'er him, drawing...all the haft twinkled with diamond studs, Myriads of topaz lights, and jacinth work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both his eyes were dazzled... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 Seiten
...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on...against the hilt: For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks. Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1858 - 402 Seiten
...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on...the hilt : For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks, Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth- work Of subtlest jewellery. He gazed so long That both... | |
| 1855 - 338 Seiten
...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down, By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. The classical aquora may have suggested the ' shining levels/ but there is a deeper reason for the... | |
| George Brimley - 1858 - 376 Seiten
...Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down, By zig-zag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. The classical cequora may have suggested the ' shining levels'; but there is a deeper reason for the... | |
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