twere a little sky Gulphed in a world below ; A firmament of purple light, Which in the dark earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And purer than the day — In which the lovely forests grew As in the upper air, More perfect both in shape... Poetic Form and British Romanticism - Page 125by Stuart Curran - 1990 - 288 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - 1923 - 864 pages
...paused beside the pools that lie Under the forest-bough. Each seemed as 'twere a little sky 55 Gulfed in a world below: A firmament of purple light Which...boundless than the depth of night, And purer than the day, — 60 In which the lovely forests grew As in the upper air, More perfect both in shape and hue Than... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1915 - 278 pages
...beside the pools that lie Under the forest bough, — Each seemed as 'twere a little sky 55 Gulfed in a world below; A firmament of purple light Which...boundless than the depth of night, And purer than the day — 6o In which the lovely forests grew As in the upper air, More perfect both in shape and hue Than... | |
 | Robert Bridges - 1924 - 296 pages
...paused beside the pools that lie Under the forest bough, — Each seem'd as 'twere a little sky Gulf 'd in a world below ; A firmament of purple light Which...hue Than any spreading there. There lay the glade and neighbouring lawn, And through the dark green wood The white sun twinkling like the dawn Out of... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1924 - 520 pages
...lie Under the forest bough. And each seemed like a sky Gulfed in a world below; A purple firmament of light Which in the dark earth lay, More boundless than the depth of night, And clearer than the dayIn which the massy forests grew As in the upper air, More perfect both in shape... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley, Edward Dowden - 1926 - 758 pages
...nature's strife;— And still I felt the centre of The magic ciicle there, Was one fair form that rilled with love The lifeless atmosphere. We paused beside...hue Than any spreading there. There lay the glade and neighbouring lawn, And through the dark green wood The white sun twinkling like the dawn Out of... | |
 | Arthur Beatty - 1928 - 582 pages
...paused beside the pools that lie Under the forest bough, — Each seemed as 'twere a little sky Gulfed in a world below; A firmament of purple light Which...the upper air, More perfect both in shape and hue Then any spreading there. There lay the glade and neighbouring lawn, And through the dark green wood... | |
 | Titus Lucretius Carus - 1942 - 918 pages
...of lines is uncertain. For the general idea see Shelley ("To Jane— The Recollection, ll. 53-60): We paused beside the pools that lie | Under the forest...than the depth of night, \ And purer than the day— . . . 418. despicere. For meaning see Nonius Marcellus (288.19): despicere desuper aspicere; Servius... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1929 - 688 pages
...paused beside the pools that lie Under the forest bough ; Each seem'd as 'twere a little sky Gulf'd in a world below; A firmament of purple light Which...hue Than any spreading there. There lay the glade and neighbouring lawn, And through the dark green wood The white sun twinkling like the dawn Out of... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1994 - 752 pages
...We paused beside the pools that lie Under the forest bough, Each seemed as 'twere a litde sky Gulfed in a world below; A firmament of purple light, Which...boundless than the depth of night, And purer than the day - 60 In which the lovely forests grew As in the upper air, More perfect both in shape and hue Than... | |
 | Lucretius, Martin Ferguson Smith - 2001 - 268 pages
...paused beside the pools that lie / Under the forest bough, / Each seemed as 'twere a little sky / Gulfed in a world below; / A firmament of purple light / Which in the dark earth lay." In 418-419 there are textual problems of which there is no sure solution: for discussion, see MF Smith,... | |
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