 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
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the recks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Morning sounds. — BEATTIE. But who the melodies of morn can tell ? The wild brook babbling down the... | |
 | 1823 - 494 pages
...and with more pleasing light Shadowy sen off the face of things." " Now shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies." We beg leave to remind our reader», that the Moon will set totally eclipsed, at ten minutes past 4... | |
 | Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...and with more pleating light Shadowy sets off the face of things." " Now shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies." We heg leave to remind our readers, that the Moon will set totally eclipsed, at ten minutes past 4... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 432 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..." Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." To the preference which Melmoth claims for the translation of this passage, over the original, an admirer... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 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." Axow. EVENING THOUGHTS ON DEATH. From " Jiowring's Matins and Vespers," THE good man dies — it grieves... | |
 | James M'Henry - 1824 - 596 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. JUiail, Bmk Bit.. Oh ! happy state, when souls each other draw, When love is liherty, and nature law... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...yellower »erdure shed, And tip with silver every roooouin's head; Then shine the vales, the rock* in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all...swains rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and ties* the useful light. Milton's description, we see, leaves off, where Homer's begins; and though... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 368 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...skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, An excuse for the ornaments, with which Pope luis studiously attempted to set off his translation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 384 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 the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing iu the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Dion blaze.... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...vales, the rocks in prospect ri^e, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious strains rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Milton's description, we see, leaves off, where Homer's begins; and though the quotation is somewhat... | |
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