 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
 | 1852 - 394 pages
...with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunlight summit mingles with the sky * Why do those cliffs...shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smilmg near? "Tii distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountains in its azure hue.... | |
 | James W. Redfield - 1852 - 348 pages
...first impression upon us through the medium of some disguise ; but we find afterward that — " "Pis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue !" or, as to the disguises, and to be more particular as to the traits of character we discover —... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 404 pages
...clitlt-rintr hills lielow, Why to yon inounuun turns the niusnig eye, Whose- sunbn»lit summit unifies \\ ilh the sky? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? 'Tit distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight... | |
 | 1853 - 600 pages
...fancied residence in that " place of delight " as agreeable and instructive to them as possible, and as " 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue," we may venture to hope that we shall not be altogether unsuccessful, with that portion of our readers,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 396 pages
...with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs...appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near i — 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 404 pages
...with brighl arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose gimbright summit mingles with the sky? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet that) all ihc landscape smiling near ? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain... | |
 | Elisha Smith Capron - 1854 - 380 pages
...to me, at this great distance beyond the dark blue ocean, is the land of my youthful hopes ! " 'T is distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." Yes, much as I love my home and friends, they are doubly dear to me as I recall to mind their far-off... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 584 pages
...true you see objects less distinctly ; but for that very reason your view is the more delightful :— distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." England has no mountains of note, which distance can invest with enchantment, or clothe with azure... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 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 1 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain with its azure hue. Thus, with... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1855 - 38 pages
...with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs...appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? — B THE PLEASURES OF HOPE. 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain... | |
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