...a heap of nitrous powder." 3 1 For an admirable example, see Shakspere: Macbeth, act iv. scene iii. "The long light shakes across the lakes And the wild cataract leaps in glory." l " Up from my cabin, My sea-gown scarf'd about me, in the dark Groped I to find out them: had my desire;...

...Indefinites. Gorgeous scenes of golden hue. Gaily flows the swelling tide. All are proud, but Mary proudest. The splendour falls on castle walls, and snowy summits Old in story. Glory is a vain and weary dream, fall of false hope — V and delusive glitter. Farewell, a long farewell...

...important element in the music of all verse — eg, in the following, full low tones predominate: — " The splendour falls on castle walls, And snowy summits...the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory." In the following, high shrill tones :— " O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer,...

...broader toward his death and fell, and all The rosy heights came out above the lawns. The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story : The long light shakes aeross the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying....

...end and middle of a verse;" but he had not seen Tennyson's song, The splendor falls on castle-wa//j And snowy summits old in story, The long light shakes...across the lakes And the wild cataract leaps in glory, which is perfect music. But it may be of profit to notice that the opposite fault—of placing the...

...glory, and flooding plain and stream below with glowing color, it is a perfect picture. " The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story ; The long light shakes across the lakes. — : They die in yon red sky ; They faint on hill or field or river." There is a shadowy, elusive...

...knee — is Like summer tempest came her tears — " Sweet my child, I live for thee." n. The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story ; The long light shakes across the lakes, so And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle...

...me, shepherds, have you seen My Globe boy pass this way ?" Or perhaps something of this kind — " The splendour falls on castle walls, And snowy summits, old in story ; The Special takes note of the lakes, And wreathes the cataracts in glory. Cry, boys, your paper — set...

...them. Saying this we must not be understood to complain of the music fer se. The " Bugle Song " — The splendour falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story — has been set by Sir Herbert Oakeley for voice, pianoforte and cornet or bugle obbligato, the wind...

...occasional use of it adds unquestionably to grace and melody of style. Take an example from Tennyson :— " The splendour falls on castle walls, And snowy summits old in story : 330 EXAMPLES OF ALLITERATION. The 7ong fight shakes across the ?akes, And the wild cataract leaps...