 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...The verdant Fields with thofe of Heav'n may vie, With ^Ether vefted, and a purple Sky. The blifsful Seats of happy Souls below ; Stars of their own, and their own Sun they know. Their airy Limbs in Sports they exercife, And on the Green contend the Wreftlers Prize.... | |
 | Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 pages
...The verdant Fields with thofe of Heav'n may vie, With iEther vefted, and a purple Sky. The blifsful Seats of happy Souls below : Stars of their own, and their own SUB they fcnow. Their airy Limbs in Sports they exercife, And on the Green contend the Wreilleis Prize... | |
 | Virgil - 1721 - 456 pages
...verdant Fields with thofe of Heav'n may vyej With JEther vetted, and a Purple Sky: 87* The blifsfol Seats of Happy Souls below: Stars of their own, and their own Suns they know. Their Airy Limbs in Sports they excrcile, And, on the Green, contend the Wreftler's Prize. Some, in... | |
 | Virgil - 1803 - 408 pages
...lay. The verdant fields with those of heav'n may vie, With asther vested, and a purple sky — 870 The blissful seats of happy souls below; Stars of their own, and their own suns, they know. Their airy limbs in sports they exercise, And, on the green, contend the wrestler's prize. Some, in... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 pages
...lay. The verdant fields with those of heav'n may vie, With aether vested, and a purple sky — 870 The blissful seats of happy souls below : Stars of their own, and their own suns, they know. Their airy lirabs in sports they exercise, And, on the green, contend the wrestler's prize. Some, in... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...long extended plains of pleasure lay ; The verdant fields with those of heaven may vie, With jether vested, and a purple sky — The blissful seats of...Stars of their own, and their own suns, they know : Their airy limbs in sports they exercise, And, on the green, contend the wrestler's prize. Some',... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 504 pages
...long extended plains of pleasure lay ; The verdant fields with those of heaven may vie, With aether vested, and a purple sky — The blissful seats of...Stars of their own, and their own suns, they know : Their airy limbs in sports they exercise, And, on the green, contend the wrestler's prize. Some,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...lung-extended plains of pleasure lay. The verdant fields with those of Heaven may vie ; With ether vested, and a purple sky : The blissful seats of 'happy...Stars of their own, and their own suns they know. Their airy limbs in sports they exercise. Лги!, on the green, contend the wrestler's prize. Some,... | |
 | François Pomey, Andrew Tooke - 1810 - 424 pages
...Where long extended plains of pleasure lay. The verdant fields with those of heav'n may vie, With ether vested, and a purple sky : The blissful seats of happy souls below, Stars of their own, and their own sun they know. CHAPTER XIII. THE RIVER LETHE. THERE is a river in hell called Lethe, *from the forgetfulness... | |
 | Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - 1815 - 548 pages
...suuui, sua sidera, norunt. , . VI. 640. The verdant fields with those of Heaven may vie, With ether vested, and a purple sky : The blissful seats of happy...Stars of their own, and their own suns, they know. The situation of this orb in the centre of the universe, and the Nature of his vivifying light, concur... | |
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These holy rites perform'd, they took their way Where long extended plains of pleasure lay: The verdant fields with those of heav'n may vie, With ether vested, and a purple sky; The blissful seats of happy souls below. Stars of their own, and their own... 
