 | 1819 - 552 pages
...hanging half way down their sides, — and forcibly reminded me of the beautiful lines of Goldsmith — ' As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.' This appears to be literally the case with these mountains... | |
 | Hugh William Williams - Greece - 1820 - 468 pages
...cibly reminds us of the beautiful simile suggested to Goldsmith by the sublime scenery of the Alps : As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. DESERTED VILLAGE. Placed amidst these tremendous solitudes,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distress'd : To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom "d furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distress'd: To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given,...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are Eternal sunshine settles on its head. [spread, Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...; Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form. Swells...that skirts the way With blossom'd furze unprofitably guy, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village-master taught his little school : A... | |
 | A. Yosy - 1823 - 574 pages
...the chastest of our poets more beautifully illustrated, than in this venerable servant of Christ: " His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest: Their welfare...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.'' Such was the pastor! As he slowly approached them,... | |
 | George Wilkins - Christianity - 1823 - 376 pages
...orphan; the guardian of the oppressed; she supporter of the afflicted; and the lover of religion. " To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." The report of his sudden and alarming state had been... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...To them his heart, his love, his griefs were giv'n, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heav'n: As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." " 111 fares the land, to hast'ning hills a prey, Where... | |
 | 1824 - 398 pages
...heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. To them his heart, his lovo, his griefs were given ; But all his serious thoughts...storm : Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." M. STERLING. HAPPINESS. How few the moments of this... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - Derbyshire (England) - 1824 - 420 pages
...less imposing than the fine poetic picture with which Goldsmith has enriched his Deserted Village. " As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Etermd sunshine settles on its head." The sunshine, it is true, was very far from being eternal;... | |
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To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven: As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread.... 
