 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...his serious thoughts had rest in heaven : As some tall eliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from arts of peaee, But through adventurous war Urged his aetive star ; And lik elouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fenee that skirts the... | |
 | 1826 - 300 pages
...them his heart, his love, his griefs, were giv'n, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heav'n. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With... | |
 | Jonathan Law Pomeroy - 1826 - 332 pages
...*• / > > - t '•"»»•' .. (.ike some tall cliff. that lifts its awful form; * • Swells from the vale; and midway leaves the storm: *^ . * » Though round its breast the rolling clouds are snread, f| Eternal sunshine settles on its head! "4 < P.* * * •• * „,V *•- . « * " t * * *... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions." 2 SAMTCL, i. 23. " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...Eternal sunshine settles on its head." GOLDSMITH. " She came in all her beauty, like the moon from the cloud in the east. Loveliness was around her,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread^ Eternal sunshine settles on its head. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | P. Finan - 1828 - 420 pages
...very forcibly, to my mind Goldsmith's beautiful 4•4, comparison of the country Clergyman :—• As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...midway leaves the storm : Though round its breast the gathering clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. It is a most singular fact that... | |
 | William Lothian - 1828 - 580 pages
...beautifully expressed in the following lines: " As some tall rock that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and mid-way leaves the storm; Though round...Eternal sunshine settles on its head." GOLDSMITH. 32, 33. The Apostle, in all that he had said, wished to consult the spiritual welfare of his brethren.... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1829 - 156 pages
...them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had vent in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its head the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." FOURTEEN years had passed... | |
 | 1829 - 620 pages
...imitates Claudian with skill so exquisite : '-4s some tall eK^that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. lit altus Olympi Vertex; qui spatio ventos hiemesque... | |
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To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,... 
