...chestnut towers Fill out the spaces by the barren tiles. In The Brook we come upon this apt comparison — her hair In gloss and hue the chestnut, when the shell Divides threefold to show the fruit within; and In Memoriam, when a light frost is thawing upon the trees in the early October...

...color, from the French marron : gO we suppose the heroine of Tennyson's idyl, "The Brook," had maroon hair. "In gloss and hue the chestnut, when the shell Divides threefold to show the fruit within." "Marry" is from the French mari, and properly should be used of women only,...

...of our century, yet most meek ; A daughter of our meadows, yet not coarse ; Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand; Her eyes a bashful azure, and her...the chestnut, when the shell Divides threefold to show the fruit within. ' Sweet Katie, once I did her a good turn, Her and her far-off cousin and betrothed,...

...There stood a maiden near, Waiting to pass. In much ainaze he* stared On eyes a bashful azure, and on hair In gloss and hue the chestnut, when the shell Divides threefold to show the fruit within : Then, wondering, ask'd her ' Are you from the farm '.' ' ' Yes,' answer'd she....

...the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. Straignt, but as lissome as a hazel wand ; Her eyes a bashful azure, and her hair In glofes and hue the chestnut, when the shell Divides three-fold to show the fruit within. ' Sweet Katie,...

...There stood a maiden near, Waiting to pass. In much amaze he stared On eyes a bashful azure, and on hair In gloss and hue the chestnut, when the shell Divides three-fold to show the fruit within : Then, wondering, ask'd her ' Are you from the farm?' — ' Yes ' answer'd she....

...the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. Straignt, but as lissome as a hazel wand ; Her eyes a bashful azure, and her...the chestnut, when the shell Divides three-fold to show the fruit within. ' Sweet Katie, once I did her a good turn, Her and her far-off cousin and betrothed,...

...of our century, yet most meek ; A daughter of our meadows, yet not coarse ; S'ralght, but ae lissome as a hazel wand ; Her eyes a bashful azure, and her hair In glow and hue the chestnut, when the shell Dividee threefold to show the fruit within. * Sweet Katie,...

...the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand ; Her eyes a bashful azure, and her...the chestnut, when the shell Divides threefold to show the fruit within. ' Sweet Katie, once I did her a good turn, Her and her far-off cousin and betrothed,...

...to have been a favourite with Tennyson ; he has described it so often. The damsel of the Brook has hair " in gloss and hue the chestnut, when the shell Divides threefold to show the fruit within." Elsewhere " the chestnut towers in his bloom " ; " those three chestnuts near...