Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?— 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. The Works of Lord Byron - Page 443by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904Full view - About this book
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...deluding glass; As yon summits soft and fair Clad in colours of the air, Which do those who joumey near. Barren, brown, and rough appear; Still we tread...same coarse way, The present's still a cloudy day. O may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see: 130 Content me with an humble shade, My passions... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...respect. ALDO LEOPOLD, (1886-1948) US forester. A Sand Country Almanac, foreword (1949). Landscapes 1 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. THOMAS CAMPBELL, (1777-1844) Scottish poet. "The Pleasures of Hope," pt. 1, 1. 7-8 (1799). Repr. in... | |
| Catherine Parr Strickland Traill - 1997 - 414 pages
...Campbell, The Pleasures Of Hope, 1799, Part 1, 1. 7. In the first edition the relevant couplet reads, "Tis Distance lends enchantment to the view, / And robes the mountain in its azure hue." See Thomas Campbell. The Pleasures Of Hope; In TwoParts. With Other Poems. Edinburgh: Printed For Mundell... | |
| Ambrose Bierce - 1998 - 392 pages
...Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear / More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? — / 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, / And robes the mountain in its azure hue." 11. Milton (1608-1674), Paradise Lost (1667), 1.293-94. 12. Tennyson, In Memoriam (1850), 54.8. 13.... | |
| Michael Gorman - 1998 - 220 pages
...searching. / will not try to make silk reference work out of a sow's free-text search. Distant Learning 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view And robes the mountain in its azure haze. — Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope One of the most seductive prospects in higher education... | |
| Catharine Parr Traill - 1999 - 239 pages
...the outermost known limits. 4 Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), Pleasures of Hope (1799), Part 1, line 7: "Tis distance lends enchantment to the view / And robes the mountain in its azure hue." 5 Psalms 19:1. 6 For similar phrasing, see John Keats (1795-1821). "On First Looking into Chapman's... | |
| Leslie Karsner - 2000 - 144 pages
...growth and wellness. A popular option among romantics is to keep two lovebirds. Dream about Your Lover '"Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue." from Pleasures of Hope (1799) by Thomas Campbell Meeting your distant lover in your dreams — that's... | |
| Marlies Kronegger, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka - 2000 - 342 pages
...LAWRENCE KIMMEL THE AESTHETICS OF ENCHANTMENT "Once upon a time, in a land far away . . . ". Anonymous "Tis distance lends enchantment to the view / And robes the mountain in its azure hue". Thomas Campbell. Pleasures of Hope "The Mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heav'n of Hell,... | |
| Donald Campbell - 2003 - 298 pages
...the sky? Why do those cliffi of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Alison Square, where these lines were written, was demolished some time ago to create Marshall Street,... | |
| Jane Austen - 2005 - 844 pages
...scene goes out of focus. JA could have read in Thomas Campbell's 1799 poem The Pleasures of Hope that Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight, we linger to survey The promis'd joys of life's unmeasured way, Thus, from afar,... | |
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