 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,...  The gallery of nature: a tour through creation - Page 72by Thomas Milner - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 406 pages
...fault. Conclusion of Book VIII. v. 687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's cleat azure spreads her sacred light ; When not a breath...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rooks 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... | |
 | 1821 - 336 pages
...riooTot Se T iiJerai acrpa' yeyiifie Se re ^pevot iroipriv. IL. viii. 555. As whcn the moon, refulge-.it lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. I fear the enthusiastic admirers of Homer would look upon me with much indignation, were they to hear... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unmimber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. BOOK VIII. Can any one, indeed, look either at the sun, or the moon, or the stars, without a feeling... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 pages
...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And dp with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks...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... | |
 | 1821 - 398 pages
...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks...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... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 pages
...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks...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... | |
 | 1821 - 400 pages
...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks...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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 312 pages
...they hated, and her guilty race. The troops exulting sat in order round, And beaming fires illumined all the ground. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of...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 Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...liquid murmur pours ; And lulls the silent scene to more profound repose. MOONLIGHT. Pope's Homer. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. MOON OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. Walter Scott. THE moon is in her summer glow, But hoarse and high the breezes... | |
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