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 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the Heav'n's wide pathless way, 79 And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, 75 Swinging... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...wand'ring moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...wand'ring moon Riding near her highest noon, 63 Like one that had been led astray, Through the heav'ns wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud." Here the poet breaks from his subject, anJ,. abandoning the description of Melancholy, he exclaims... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...« lawns,' there are are eight leading images: in the following, of equal length, there is only one. To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stopping... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 308 pages
...wand'ring moon, Riding near her highest noon, 'Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. The sounds that can be, in any respect, agreeable to him, must correspond with his present humour :... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...wand'ring moon, " Riding near her highest noon, . " Like one that had been led astray, " Thro' the heav'ns wide pathless way, " And oft, as if her head she bow'd, , " Stooping thro' a fleecy cloud. " Then let some strange mysterious dream " Wave .with his wings in airy stream.... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...smooth-shaven green, To hehold the wand'ring moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had heen led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she how'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud ; Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfew sound,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...I woo to hear thy evening song: And , missing thee , I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green , To behold the wandering moon , Riding near her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Thro' the heav'n's wide pathless way : And oft as if her head she bow'd Stooping... | |
 | John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...among,. I woo to hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, .Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the Heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping... | |
 | Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...• I woo to hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray ' Through the Heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping... | |
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