 Upon the glassy plain; and oftentimes When we had given our bodies to the wind And all the shadowy banks on either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped...  The art of skating, by Cyclos - Page 69by George Anderson (of Glasgow.) - 1868Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1850 - 412 pages
...Glanced sideway, leaving the tumultuous throng, To cut across the reflex of a star That fled, and, flying still before me, gleamed Upon the glassy plain...Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me—even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind me did they stretch... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Hare I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short; yet still the solitary clifls Wheeled by me — even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her 'diurnal round ! Behind... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - 1856 - 360 pages
...silent bay, or sportively Glanced sideway, leaving the tumultuous throng, To cut across the reflex of a star ; Image that, flying still before me, gleamed...Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me—even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind me did they stretch... | |
 | 1008 pages
...through the darkness, spinning The rapid line of motion, then at one* Have I, reclining back upon mv heels. Stopped short ; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me— even as if the Earth bad rolled With vUible motion her diurnal round I Behind me did they itrctch in solemn train, Feebler... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1869 - 752 pages
...side Cam* sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Hare 1, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me—even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind me did they stretch... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Superexlibris - 1870 - 382 pages
...side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once I . Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short ; yet still the solitary clifls Wheeled by me — even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round ! >... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1874 - 96 pages
...still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short ; and still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me— even as if the earth had rolled 35 With visible motion her diurnal round. Behind me did they stretch in solemn train, Feebler and feebler,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 574 pages
...sideway, leaving the tumultuous throng, To cut across the image of a star That gleamed upon the ice : and oftentimes, When we had given our bodies to the...Stopped short ; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me-^even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind me did they stretch... | |
 | William Angus Knight, William Wordsworth - England - 1878 - 284 pages
...Glanced sideway, leaving the tumultuous throng, To cut across the reflex of a star That fled, and, flying still before me, gleamed Upon the glassy plain...Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me—even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind me did they stretch... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1880 - 362 pages
...the wind, And all the shadowy banks on either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me—even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind me did they stretch... | |
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