 For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard...  The Quarterly Review - Page 406edited by - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pages
...eye could see, Sair the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of...; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies, grappling in the central blue; Far along the world-wide... | |
 | 1872 - 610 pages
...of the swain in ' Locksley Hall,' who ' Heard the heavens filled with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue ; ' that the rapid and varied progress of naval invention dazzles, and appears to baffle us, whichever... | |
 | 1872 - 1120 pages
...eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonders that would be ; Saw the havens filled with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down their costly bales ; Heard the Heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the... | |
 | 1842 - 788 pages
...future, far as human eye could see — Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be'; Saw the heavens fill'd with commerce, argosies of...103, 104. ' Lady Clare' is not memorable ; but the ' Lord of Burleigh' well deserves citation, as an example of the skill with which a poet can find a... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 pages
...eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails. Pilots of...central blue ; Far along the world-wide whisper of the south-wind rushing warm, Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of...; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue ; Far along the world-wide... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 pages
...eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of...standards of the peoples plunging thro' the thunder-storm ; Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the Parliament of man,... | |
 | 1843 - 418 pages
...eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of...central blue ; Far along the world-wide whisper of the south-wind rushing warm, With the standards of the peoples plunging thro' the thunder-storm; Till the... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1845 - 652 pages
...twilight, dropping down with еouily bull's ; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew, From the nations airy navies, grappling...central blue : Far along the world-wide whisper of the south.wind rushing warm, With the standards of the people! plunging through the iliunder-itorm ; Till... | |
 | 1867 - 796 pages
...other. Again, when our greatest living poet " dips into the future" what does he see? " The heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of...purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales." Why, it might be the vision of a young general merchant. I doubt whether anything similar could be... | |
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