 He was a lovely youth ! I guess The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he ; And, when he chose to sport and play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea.  The Pirate - Seite 86von Walter Scott - 1846 - 511 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sir Edward Bruce Hamley - 1889 - 352 Seiten
...the best-known stanza in it, describing the young man who proves false to Ruth, is thus worded :— " He was a lovely youth ! I guess The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he." " I guess " is very vulgar, inappropriate — for there is no guessing in the case — and evidently... | |
 | Sir Edward Bruce Hamley - 1889 - 352 Seiten
...does not strike us as a very happy or natural simile in itself ; and when the stanza runs on — " And, when he chose to sport and play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea," we are not the more reconciled to it by the sudden change from panther to dolphin ; for the latter... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 Seiten
...sun, And streams that murmur as they run, Had been his dearest joy. He was a lovely youth ! I guess l The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he...play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea. Among the Indians he had fought ; And with him many tales he brought Of pleasure and of fear ; Such... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 362 Seiten
...boy, The moon, the glory of the sun, And streams that murmur as they run, 35 Had been his dearest joy. He was a lovely Youth ! I guess The panther in the...fair as he ; And, when he chose to sport and play, 40 No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea. Among the Indians he had fought, And with him many... | |
 | 1892 - 728 Seiten
...green satin, She looped it as high as her knee.' Old Ballad. 5. 'The youth from Georgia's shore — I guess The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he.' WORDSWORTH'S Ruth. 6. Dr. Jekyll in ' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,' by RJ STEVENSON. CORRECT ANSWERS RECEIVED.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1893 - 502 Seiten
...Wrecks ere Winter. CHAPTER VIII. He was a lovely youth, I gness ; The panther in the wilderness Was uot so fair as he ; And when he chose to sport and play, No dolphin ever was so gay, Upon the tropic sea. WORDS WOBTH. THE light foot of Mordaunt Mertoun was not long of bearing him to Jarlshof. He entered... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 Seiten
...boy. The moon, the glory of the sun. And streams that murmur as they ran, Had been his dearest joy. He was a lovely youth ! I guess The panther in the...play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea. Among the Indians he had fought ; And with him many tales he brought Ol pleasure and of fear ; Such... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1896 - 464 Seiten
...boy, The moon, the glory of the sun, And streams that murmur as they run, 35 Had been his dearest joy. He was a lovely Youth ! I guess The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he ; 1 This stanza was added in the edition of 1802. - 1827. She pass'd her time ; and in this way Grew... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1896 - 464 Seiten
...bow was too seldom unbent. ' Referring to this, Arthur more than once said of her : — Whene'er she chose to sport and play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea. Augusta was always sacrificing herself for those about her, and even for those afar off, and she never... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Andrew Lang - 1897 - 342 Seiten
...boy, The moon, the glory of the sun, And streams that murmur as they run, Had been his dearest joy. He was a lovely youth ! I guess The panther in the...play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea. Among the Indians he had fought ; And with him many tales he brought Of pleasure and of fear ; Such... | |
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