"Unscanned" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... heard stretched forth a hand that shook With sudden fever of half-hope, and took The chain, and turned it over in his hand Until his eyes had left no link unscanned. And on each separate link was character'd A language that no living ear had heard, Occult, of secret import, mystic, strange. Then said the king, "What would'st thou in exchange For this the magic metal thou dost bring?" And the Prince answered him and said, "O king, Even the emerald ...
— The Poems of William Watson • William Watson |
