 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
 | Charles Lever - 1898 - 492 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And top with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales ; the rocks in prospect rise — A flood of glory bursts from...myself, but broke out, "That's mighty like a bull, anyhow, and reminds me of the ould song : — ' Good-luck to the moon, she 'sa fine noble creature,... | |
 | Charles Lever - 1898 - 492 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And top with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales ; the rocks in prospect rise— A flood of glory bursts from all...myself, but broke out, "That's mighty like a bull, anyhow, and reminds me of the ould song : — ' Good-luck to the moon, she 'sa fine noble creature,... | |
 | Homer - 1898 - 150 pages
...yellower 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...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimm'ring Xanthus with their rays: The long reflections... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1898 - 496 pages
...rendered the famous moonlight passage in his translation of the Iliad : " Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies," etc. "Strange to think of an enthusiast," says Wordsworth, "reciting these verses under the cope of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 228 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, 30 And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 236 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, 30 And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays; The long... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 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 Xanthns with their rays. The long reflections... | |
 | Margaret Sullivan Mooney - 1900 - 352 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... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1900 - 308 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 reflections... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 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 1 The long... | |
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