 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...— a kind of ordeal. " Behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock :...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though e'en a giant's... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literature - 1860 - 538 pages
...alluded to by Mason : — Behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant. Which, poised by magie, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock. Firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtueus property, It moves obsequiously to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; bnt to... | |
 | John M'Arthur - Arran, Island of (Scotland) - 1861 - 236 pages
...Herald. CHAPTER VII atrlr " Behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ;...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose heart is pure; but to a traitor, Though even a giant's... | |
 | 1862 - 600 pages
...poetically referred to : — " Behold yon huge And unknown sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ;...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose heart is pare ; but to a traitor, Though e'en a giant's... | |
 | Cornwall (England : County) - 1862 - 500 pages
...shaken that the tourist may probably be disposed to test the quality ascribed to it by the poet : — " Firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to tbe gentlest touch Of him whose heart is pure ; but to a traitor, Though e'en a giant's... | |
 | William Grainge - Nidderdale (England) - 1863 - 274 pages
...thus nicely balanced by Druidio skill for oracular purposes— else might we exclaim " behold yon huge On yonder pointed rock : firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though even a giant's... | |
 | Robert Hunt - Cornwall (England : County) - 1865 - 368 pages
...your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock : firm as it seems, Such is the strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breath is... | |
 | Fanny Bury Palliser - 1869 - 340 pages
...to touch them. They were used in early times as proving-stones, and called " Pierres de verite." " Firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though e'en a giant's... | |
 | James Rust - 1871 - 344 pages
...creed of the Celts — ' Behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ;...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor Tho' even a giant's... | |
 | James Rust - Druids and Druidism - 1871 - 402 pages
...creed of the Celts — ' Behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ;...Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor Tho' even a giant's... | |
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Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ; firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest... 
