 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1764 - 616 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bad the lovely fcenes at di (lance hail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, * And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo Hill thro' all her fong ; And where her fweetell theme Ihe chofe, A fort refponfi ve voice was heard... | |
 | William Collins, John Langhorne - 1765 - 210 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the {train prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo ftill thro' all the fong ; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard... | |
 | Moses Mendez - 1767 - 340 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bad the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo Aill thro' all the fong ; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard... | |
 | Moses Mendez - 1770 - 334 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bad the lovely fcenes- at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the flrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo ftill thro' all the fortg ; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 340 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail I Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo ffill through all the fong; And where her fweeteft theme flie chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard... | |
 | 1781 - 552 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale* She call'd on Echo ftill thro' all the fong ; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard... | |
 | William Collins - 1781 - 200 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on echo (till thro' all the fong ; . And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard... | |
 | William Scott (teacher of elocution, Edinburgh.) - 1781 - 470 pages
...pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong j And, from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on echo (till through all her fong : And, where her fweeteft theme {he chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1783 - 336 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the flrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo ftill thro' all the fong ; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard... | |
 | John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ] Stiil would her touch the fcene prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on echo ftill through all the fong; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard... | |
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A solemn, strange, and mingled air : 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail... 
