 RIVER of Dart! O river of Dart! Every year thou claimest a heart. Beautiful river, through fringe of fern Gliding swift to the southern sea, Such is the fame thy wild waves earn, Such is the dirge men sing by thee : For the cry of Dart is the voice of...  The Inn of Strange Meetings, and Other Poems - Página 146por Mortimer Collins - 1871 - 190 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1865 - 288 páginas
...and see Nero. I've a great mind to take him with me to Africa." CHAPTER XL THE GIPSY OF DARTMEET. " River of Dart, O river of Dart ! Every year thou claimest a heart." HUGH MAULEVERER the elder leaned over a stone - terrace balustrade, smoking a cigar, and watching the... | |
 | 1880 - 630 páginas
...with blue when about to receive a victim — no very rare occurrence. The local rhyme runs thus — " River of Dart, O river of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart,'' answering curiously to the German saying, that " the river-spirit (flussgeist), claims his yearly offering."... | |
 | John Pincher Faunthorpe - 1872 - 48 páginas
...rises after great rains or snow meltings on the moor, it has given rise to the following rhyme : — " River of Dart ! O river of Dart ! Every year thou claimest a heart." 7. Avon, a small stream, draining the south of Dartmoor. The word Avon is Celtic for river or water.... | |
 | Richard Nicholls Worth - 1875 - 220 páginas
...embodies the popular belief that each year some one must be drowned in the stream addressed. J1IVER of Dart ! O river of Dart ! Every year thou claimest...doom, When the floods are out in the moorland gloom. River of Dart ! beside thy stream In the sweet Devon summer I linger and dream ; For thy mystic pools... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1882 - 586 páginas
...quarter. Right mixture makes good mortar. Right, Roger ; your sow's good mutton. Right wrongs no man. River of Dart ! O river of Dart ! every year thou claimest a heart. Devonshire. An allusion to the dangerous rapidity of the river. See Notes and Queries, 1st S., ii.... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1887 - 390 páginas
...springs arise ; Or, if need be, showers Feed them from the skies ! AA PROCTER. River of Dart. "D TVER of Dart ! O river of Dart ! Every year thou claimest...doom, When the floods are out in the moorland gloom. River of Dart ! beside thy stream In the sweet Devon summer I linger and dream ; For thy mystic pools... | |
 | John Lloyd Warden Page - 1892 - 390 páginas
...hours being no uncommon occurrence. This has caused many accidents, and given rise to the rhyme : ' River of Dart, O river of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart." I have myself seen the Ockment rise four or five feet in a single morning, and, small stream though... | |
 | 1892 - 588 páginas
...Crewis, and Coplestone, When the Conqueror came, were at home. Ancient Saxon families, co. Devon. BO. 76. River of Dart \ O river of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart. It is subject to frequent and sudden inundations. " Dart came down last night " is a constant expression.... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - 1899 - 516 páginas
...But the Dart is notorious for its sudden swelling. It was due to this that the old couplet ran — " River of Dart, O river of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart." The river " cries " when there is to be a change of wind. " Us shall have bad weather, maister ; I... | |
 | 1865 - 608 páginas
...: " Hiver of Dart ! 0 river of Dart I Every year thou claimest a heart." Murray.] RIVER of Dart ! 0 river of Dart ! Every year thou claimest a heart....doom, When the floods are out in the moorland gloom. River of Dart ! beside thy stream In the sweet Devon summer I linger and dream ; For thy mystic pools... | |
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