Nigh spher'd in heaven, its native strains could hear; On which that ancient trump he reach'd was hung : Thither oft, his glory greeting, From Waller's myrtle shades retreating, With many a vow from Hope's aspiring tongue, My trembling feet his guiding... The Poetical Works of W. Collins - Page 52by William Collins - 1848 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Collins, John Langhorne - 1765 - 210 pages
...trembling feet his guiding fleps purfue ; In vain — Such blifs to one alone, Of a!I the fons of foul was known, And Heaven, and Fancy, kindred powers, Have now o'erturn'd th' infpiring bowers, Or curtain'd clofe fuch fcene from evsry future- view. C 55 ] ODE, WRITTEN IN THE... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 348 pages
...trembling feet his guiding fteps purfue; In vain — Such bhfs to one alone, Of all the fons of foul was known, And Heaven, and Fancy, kindred powers, Have now o'erturn'd th' infpiring bowers, Or curtain'd clofe fuch fcene from every future view. ODE. Written in the year 1... | |
| William Collins - 1781 - 200 pages
...trembling feet his guiding fteps purfue ; In vain — Such blifs to one alone, Of all the fons of foul was known, And Heaven, and Fancy, kindred powers, Have now o'erturn'd th' infpiring bowers, Or curtain'd clofe fuch fcene from every future view. ODE, WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCXLVt.... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 270 pages
...trembling feet his guiding fteps purfue; In vain — Such blifs to one alone, Of all the fons of foul was known, And Heaven, and Fancy, kindred powers, Have now o'erturn'd th' infpiring bowers, Or curtain'd clofe fuch fcene from every future view . ODE. "Written in the Year... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 pages
...trembling feet his guiding fteps purfue ; In vain; — Such bill's to one alone, Of all the fons of foul was known, And Heaven, and Fancy, kindred powers. Have now o'erturn'd th" infpiring bowers, Or curtain'd clofe fuch fcene from every future view, ODE. Written in the year 1746.... | |
| William Collins - 1802 - 198 pages
...spher'd in heaven its native strains could hear : On which that ancient trump he reach'd was hung ; Thither oft his glory greeting, From Waller's myrtle...known, And Heaven, and Fancy, kindred powers, Have now o'erturned th' inspiring bowers, Or curtain'd close such scene from every future view.. ODE, WRITTEN... | |
| William Collins - 1802 - 206 pages
...spher'd in heaven its native strains could hear : On which that ancient trump he reach'd was hung ; Thither oft his glory greeting, From Waller's myrtle...known, And Heaven, and Fancy, kindred powers, Have now o'erturned th' inspiring bowers, Or curtain'd close such scene from every future view. ODE, WRITTEN... | |
| William Collins - 1804 - 168 pages
...spher'd in heaven, its native strains could hear; On which that ancient trump he reach'd was hung : Thither oft, his glory greeting, From Waller's myrtle...bowers; Or curtain'd close such scene from ev'ry future view. ODE, WRITTEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1746. ilow sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all... | |
| William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...spher'd in heaven, its native strains could hear ; On which that ancient trump he reach'd was hung • Thither oft, his glory greeting, From Waller's myrtle...bowers; Or curtain'd close such scene from ev'ry future view. 45 0D E, WRITTEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1746. Alow sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...trembling feet his guiding fteps purfue ; Jn vain— Such blifs to one alone, Of all the fons of foul was known, And Heaven, and Fancy, kindred powers, Have now o'erturn'd th* infpiring bowers, Or curtain'd clofc fuch fcene from every future view. OD E. WllTTÏN IN THE YEAR... | |
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