 Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near i — 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain...  The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 2901844Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
...yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky? Why do those hills of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? 2 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain with its azure hue. Thus, with... | |
 | 1827 - 574 pages
...present still a cloudy day." And then enquires—-" Is not this the original of the far-famed " — " 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue ? " I will answer, thai it is very possibly a coincidence, quite as much so as his Lordship's expression... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...glittering bills below, \N liy to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Who*e »unbright summit miugles with the sky? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet ihan all the landscape smiling near? — "T is distance lends enchantment to the view. And robes the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 250 pages
...bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky? Why do those cliffs of...appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?— 3 Tis distance lends enchantment to the view And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 248 pages
...bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky? Why do those cliffs of...appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?— "Pis distance lends enchantment to the view And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...mountain turne the musing eye, Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky f 15 К 2 Why do those clins of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near Η Т is distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...same coarse way — The present 's still a cloudy day. Is not this the original of the far famed T is distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue ! To return once more to the sea. Let any one look on the long wall of Malamocco, which curbs the Adriatic,... | |
 | Esq. John Finch - 1833 - 480 pages
...nearly level on the summit, and present such a regular line, they seem a rampart erected by man. " Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet...? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And clothes the mountain in its aznre hue." At intervals, there are gaps or breaks in the mountain; rivers... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pages
...I*..,. Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear,,1 ' More sweet than all the landscapes shining nedf? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes...mountain in its azure hue ! Thus with delight we linger lo survey The promis'd joys of life's unmeasur'd way; Thus from afar, e:ich dim discovcr'd scene, '.... | |
 | Esq. John Finch - 1833 - 486 pages
...nearly level on the summit, and present such a regular line, they seem a rampart erected by man. " Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? 'TLs distance lends enchantment to the view, And clothes the mountain in its azure hue." At intervals,... | |
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