...prettily situated. The full moon had just risen, and " slept , sweetly" on the hills which fronted us, the floor of heaven Was thick inlaid with patines of bright gold ; and never was a more lovely scene beheld. From the elevated height on which the fort is situated,...

...prettily situated. The full moon had just risen, and " slept sweetly" on the hills which fronted us, the floor of heaven * Was thick inlaid with patines of bright gold ; and never was a more lovely scene beheld. From the elevated height on which the fort is situated,...

...sweeping past, The torrents too of rain, The flaky snows descending fust, And burying all the plain. YL And there were moonbeams cold and bright, Out on the...were worth a countless price, And I could welcome the*. Life's Winter on me dreary lies, And dark my path on earth, But I may see those starry skies,...

...sweeping past, The torrents too of rain, The flaky snows descending fast, And burying all the plain. П. And there were moonbeams cold and bright, Out on the...patines of bright gold ;"* A firmament beneath was made — Л mimic Heaven unroll'd. Yes, Winter, lock'd in " thick-ribb'd ice," Thou too had charms for me;...

...behind. I felt glad when we once more took our way to town ; and although no lovely moon was abroad, -the floor of Heaven Was thick inlaid with patines of bright gold," which sufficed to light us gloriously on our way, and bring us in safety to Spring Gardens. CHAPTER...

...meaning and its cause ! Many and many a time have we been awakened by the melody of the waits, when "The floor of heaven Was thick inlaid with patines of bright gold ;" — and have lain and listened to their wild minstrelsy — its solemn swells and " dying falls,"...

...could be. Full of talk of all sorts, gliding on through the fading day and the falling night, until "The floor of heaven Was thick inlaid with patines of bright gold." Very bright the stars were, very dark the sky, when Jerry's bells began to mingle with a crowd of others...

...light as the sun went down into the sea behind Ischia. The stars began to peep out one by one till "the floor of heaven was thick inlaid with patines of bright gold," all lustrous with a brilliancy of which we in these northern latitudes can form little conception....

...mainland. She took advantage of the westerly breeze by day, and of the bright full moon by night, and — " The floor of heaven Was thick inlaid with patines of bright gold, Where not the smallest orb, which they beheld, But in his motion like an angel sang." Then at last...

...be. Full of talk of all sorts, — gliding on through the fading day and the falling night, until " the floor of heaven Was thick inlaid with patines of bright gold." Very bright the stars were, very dark the sky, when Jerry's bells began to niingle with a crowd of...