 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions." 2 SAMTCL, i. 23. " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." GOLDSMITH. " She came in all her beauty, like the moon... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread^ Eternal sunshine settles on its head. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | P. Finan - 1828 - 420 pages
...very forcibly, to my mind Goldsmith's beautiful 4•4, comparison of the country Clergyman :—• As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...midway leaves the storm : Though round its breast the gathering clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. It is a most singular fact that... | |
 | William Lothian - 1828 - 580 pages
...beautifully expressed in the following lines: " As some tall rock that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and mid-way leaves the storm; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." GOLDSMITH. 32, 33. The Apostle, in all that he had said,... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1829 - 156 pages
...them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had vent in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its head the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." FOURTEEN years had passed... | |
 | 1829 - 620 pages
...imitates Claudian with skill so exquisite : '-4s some tall eK^that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. lit altus Olympi Vertex; qui spatio ventos hiemesque... | |
 | 1829 - 308 pages
...imitates Claudian with skill so exquisite : ' ds some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds arc spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Ut altus Olympi Vertex, qui spatio ventos hiemesque... | |
 | William Grisenthwaite - 1830 - 104 pages
...own. Goldsmith, speaking of the Village Preacher, describes him by the following beautiful simile: "As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." Here we have an assemblage of sensible objects familiar... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. , THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER AND THE VILLAGE INN. BESIDE... | |
 | 1830 - 854 pages
...and are above any storm in the clouds. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from th,i vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head •. " Their peace is well secured, their minds are sheltered,... | |
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To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,... 
