 | 1855 - 632 pages
...there is one left, which neither frost, nor winds, nor beating rains have parted from its stem : — " The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances...can ; Hanging so light and hanging so high, On the topmast twig that looks up at the sky," was influenced by, and did influence, the lowest root which... | |
 | 1855 - 712 pages
...the wind that moaneth bleak '.' There is not wind enough in the air To move aw»y the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek ; There is not wind enough...The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances aa often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1856 - 360 pages
...it the wind that moaneth bleak ? There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek ; There is not wind enough...high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky. And the exquisite ballad of Geiievieve gives further testimony of the same kind. But it may be thought... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1856 - 452 pages
...souls, and those are leaves; he makes no confusion of one with the other. But when Coleridge speaks of " The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can," he has a morbid, that is to say, a so far false, idea about the leaf: he fancies a life in it, and... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1856 - 450 pages
...souls, and those are leaves; he makes no confusion of one with the other. But when Coleridge speaks of " The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can," he has a morbid, that is to say, a so far false, idea about the leaf: he fancies a life in it, and... | |
 | 1858 - 396 pages
...of which it is a member. The tree represents a world, every part exhibiting a mutual dependence. " The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances...high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky," is influenced by, and influences, the lowest root which pierces the humid soil. Like whispering voices,... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - 378 pages
...the versification is made to depend upon having a regular number of accents in the line : There i's not wi'nd enou'gh to twi'rl The o'ne red le'af, the la'st of ita cla'n, That da'nces as o'fteu as da'nce it ca'n On the to'pmost twi'g that looks u'p at the sky'.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...Is it tbe wind that mcncth bleak ? There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl hero live again ? * • • * » Fair clime 4 ! where...heart that hails the sight, And lend to loneliness at the sky.*1] 126 127 And her motionless lips lay still as death, And her words came forth without... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...bleak moaning " is a witch's) There is not wind enough in Lie air To move away the ringlet curl Krom the lovely lady's cheek — There is not wind enough to twirl The Ane red leaf, the last 6f lt» dan, That dancfi is bftSn Si dance it can, Hanging sS light and hanging... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...it the wind that moaneth bleak ? There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek ; There is not wind enough...high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky. ST COLERIDGE. [From "Christabel."] m WHY sitt'st thou by that ruined hall, Thou aged carle so stern... | |
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There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky. 
