 O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and...  Littell's Living Age - Page 161855Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long... | |
 | James Hervey - 1825 - 396 pages
...a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head: Then shine the vales; the rocks in prospect rise; A flood of glory bursts from all...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. — Iliad v iii. I transcribe these lines, because Mr Pope says they exhibit, in the original, the... | |
 | James M'Henry - 1825 - 348 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And tipt with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks ii\ prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the...sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light. ILIAD, Book viii. " Poetry never painted the scenery of such a night as this in more glowing and accurate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 532 pages
...silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise. A flood of glory burst from all the skies ; The conscious swains, rejoicing...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with her rays ; The long reflections... | |
 | Homer - 1825 - 298 pages
...silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory hursts from all the skies: The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the hlue vault, and hless the useful light. So many flames hefore proud llion hlaze, And lighten glimmering... | |
 | S. Treeby - 1826 - 244 pages
...verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks conspicuous rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ;...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. 126. At the time of full moon the earth is between the sun and moon ; she is then said to be in opposition... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 866 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head, Then shine the vales ; the rocks in prospect rise ; A flood of glory bursts from all the skies." — POFK. From the earth and the atmosphere, we nowascend in our speculations, and, in our way to regions... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 pages
...a yellow verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head : Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swaine rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Pope's Homer. BEAUTY.... | |
 | Christian Cann - 1828 - 570 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shines the vale ; the rocks in prospect rise ; A flood of glory bursts from all...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. ILIAD, vm. 176 With the fix'd stars, fix" d in their orb that flies The planets, and all the innumerable... | |
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