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" 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 72
by Thomas Milner - 1860
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Frank: A Sequel to Frank in Early Lessons

Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 520 pages
...got by heart for you." " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure sheds her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep...sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light." Frank repeated these lines as if he felt their spirit thoroughly. Mary was so much struck with them,...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian

Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...azure spreads her sacred light ; When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'crcasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. POPE'S Translation of the Iliad. LION AND HORSE FIGHT. A NOBLEMAN in the early part of the reign of...
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The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated: With an Entertaining ...

John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...•. And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, , _( , And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole; O'er the...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. POPE. The wise Son of Sirach beautifully observes, "The Lord made the moon also to serve in her season^...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq, Volume 1

Charles Butler - 1822 - 706 pages
...cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; " Around her throne the vivid planets roll, " And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole, " O'er the dark trees a yellower..." 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...
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The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1

Homerus - 1822 - 320 pages
...a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her tin-one the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumberM gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower...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...
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Frank: A Sequel to Frank in Early Lessons, Volume 1

Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 274 pages
...vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellowerverdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then...sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light." Frank repeated these lines as if he fdt their spirit thoroughly. Mary was so much struck with them,...
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Introductory English reading book

William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 186 pages
...vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a tender lustre shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then...sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light." Do you see some little spots of fine clear greenish light in the darkened part of that hedge? That...
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Diary of a Journey Overland, Through the Maritime Provinces of China from ...

J. R. (supercargo.) - 1822 - 132 pages
...passage : — O'er Ihe dark trees a yellow verdure shed, And tip wilh silver every mountain-head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise,...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. 8th. — Light breezes from the NE and clear pleasant weather throughout. At day-light we hauled out...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 308 pages
...rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory hursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains, rejoicmg in the 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...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pages
...first the combat sought, A wealthy priest, but ridi without a fault. Conclusion of Book VIII. v. 687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's...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...
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