O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and... The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 189edited by - 1806Full view - About this book
| Rev. W. Hutton - Natural history - 1822 - 306 pages
...MOON. " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure sheds her sacred light. Then shine the vales ; the rocks in prospect rise; A flood of glory bursts from all the skies." i FROM the earth and the atmosphere we will novr ascend in our speculations, and, in our way to regions... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - Children - 1822 - 258 pages
...the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skiesti? The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Kye the blue vault and bless the useful light."... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 308 pages
...the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory hursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains, rejoicmg in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 410 pages
...the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays; The long reflections... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the recks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Morning sounds. — BEATTIE. But who the melodies of morn can tell ? The wild brook babbling down the... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 716 pages
...the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellow verdure spread, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect...the skies. The conscious swains, rejoicing in the night, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud I lion blaze, And... | |
| Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...rotundity, " Now reigns Full orb'd and with more pleating light Shadowy sets off the face of things." " Now shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies." We heg leave to remind our readers, that the Moon will set totally eclipsed, at ten minutes past 4... | |
| 1823 - 494 pages
...Now reigns Full orb'd ...... and with more pleasing light Shadowy sen off the face of things." " Now shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies." We beg leave to remind our reader», that the Moon will set totally eclipsed, at ten minutes past 4... | |
| Charles Butler - Law - 1824 - 430 pages
...glowing pole, " O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, " And tip with silver every mountain's head, " Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect..." Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." To the preference which Melmoth claims for the translation of this passage, over the original, an admirer... | |
| Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." Axow. EVENING THOUGHTS ON DEATH. From " Jiowring's Matins and Vespers," THE good man dies — it grieves... | |
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