 Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.  The Works of the British Poets - Page 25by Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1157 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Philips - 1791 - 214 pages
...poetical and fublime addrefs to light, he thus proceeds ; thee I revifit fafe, And feel thy fovran vital lamp ; but thou Revifit'ft not thefe eyes, THAT...THY PIERCING RAY, AND FIND NO DAWN; So thick a drop ferene hath quench'd their ORBS, OR DIM SUFFUSION VEIL'D. Nothing can indeed be more pathetically beautiful... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease 1 to wander where... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - 1796 - 292 pages
...laments mod pathetically his being deprived of the power of fight. You muft read it in an ajfefiing tone, but thou Revifit'ft not thefe eyes, that roll in vain...thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop ferene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim fuffufion veil'd. Yet not the more Ceafe I to wander, where... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov' reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit' st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more 26 Cease I to wander where... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 430 pages
...Though hard and rare } thee I reviiit fafe, And feel thy fov'reign vital lamp : but thou Revifit'd not thefe eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn j So thick a drop ferene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim fuffufion veil'd. Yet not the moreCeafe I... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1800 - 410 pages
...addrcfs to Light : . the* I revifit fafe, And feel thy fovran vital lamp ; but thou Kuvitit'it cot thefe eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn : So thick a drop ferene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim fufi'ufion veil'd. Yet not the more " Ceafe SOLITUDE teaches... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1800 - 500 pages
...Jlrength of thy courfe. But to Offian thou lookeft " in vain, for he beholds thy beams no more." " But thou « Revifit'ft not thefe eyes that roll in vain *' To find thy piercing ray." PAR. LoST. " The fun to me is dark, ** And filent as the moon " When fhe deferts the night, *f Hid... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...hard and rare : thee 1 revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, i5 Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease 1 to wander where... | |
 | Johann Gottfried Dyck, Georg Schaz - 1803 - 460 pages
...cnvabut: thee I revifit fafe, And feel thy fovran vital lamp ; but thou Hevifit'ft not thofe-eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thieii a drop ferene hath quench'd their orbs Ordim fuffufion veil'd. Yet not the more Ceafe I to wander... | |
 | John Stagg - 1805 - 248 pages
...STAGG. Hail, hoTy light! offspring of Heav'n firIt.bom! -Thee I revifit fafe, Aad feel thy fovereign vital lamp ; but thou Revifit'ft not thefe eyes, that...thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop ferene hath queuch'd their^bs, Or dim fuffufion viel'd. Yet riot the niore Ccafe I to wander, where... | |
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