 | 1836 - 532 pages
...of those thoughts. We will give a specimen or two. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1803. Earth has not any thing to show more fair ; Dull would...Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or bill ; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep ! The river glideth at his... | |
 | 1835 - 746 pages
...Westminster Bridge. Earth has not anything to shew more fair ; Dull would he be the soul who could- pass by A sight so touching in its majesty ; This city now...bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lieOpen unto the fields and to the sky ; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pages
...way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lav. COMPOSED OPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. EARTH has not any thing to show...domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky, — All bright and glittering in the smokeless nir. Never did sun more beautifully... | |
 | 1839 - 444 pages
...",' Earth has not anything to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight to touching in Its majesty : This City now doth, like...domes, theatres and temples, lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky ; All bright and glittering in the nnokeleu air. Never did sun more beautifully steep... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 pages
...properly seen, that of sunrise, when, in the noble lines of Wordsworth,— " Earth has not anything to show more fair. Dull would he be of soul who could...domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky, All bright and glittering in the smokeless air !''— 2 H This period is carefully... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 pages
...properly seen, that of sunrise, when, in the noble lines of Wordsworth, — " Earth has not anything to show more fair. Dull would he be of soul who could...towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the ñelds and to the sky, All bright and glittering in the smckcless air!"— This period is carefully... | |
 | 1857 - 830 pages
...the SONNET : "Earth has not any thing to show more fair 1 Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty ; This city now...of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 pages
...life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. EARTH has not any...domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky, — All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. 3 Never did sun more beautifully... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 322 pages
...of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : Thin City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning : silent, bare, Ships,...beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or bill. Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glidelh at his own sweet will : Dear God !... | |
 | 1843 - 280 pages
...Bridge a little later than the hour at which I witnessed a similar scene : — Earth has not anything to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could...A sight so touching in its majesty : This city now dotb like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and... | |
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Earth has not anything to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie... 
