 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 441by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 pages
...face, Ey'd through Hope's deluding glass ; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and...rough appear ; Still we tread the same coarse way, The present *s still a cloudy day. O may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see ; Content me with... | |
 | Fabius (pseud.) - 1821 - 44 pages
...Lordship. . ../( " As yon summits, soft and -fair, , •••, ...-! Clad in colours of the air, •"» Which to those who journey near Barren, brown, and...rough appear, Still we tread the same coarse way-*-* " • • ' ' . , Tf he present's still a cloudy day." ,-..., " Is not this," you ask, " the original... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 168 pages
...sky ? 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. Thus, with delight we linger to survey The promised joys of life's unmeasured way ; Thus, from afar,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...face, Eyed through Hope's deluding glass ; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which, to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and...same coarse way ; The present's still a cloudy day. O may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see ! Content me with an humble shade, My passions... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 600 pages
...here a word en passant to Mr. Campbell : " As yon summits, soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near Barren, brown, and...appear, Still we tread the same coarse way — The present 's still a cloudy day." Is not this the original of the far-famed — To return once more to... | |
 | 1822 - 136 pages
...here a word en passant to Mr. Campbell: " As yon summits, soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near Barren, brown, and...appear, Still we tread the same coarse way — The present 's still a cloudy day." Is not this the original of the far-famed — " 'Tis distance lends... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1822 - 180 pages
...summits soft and fair , Clad in colours of the air , Which , to those who journey near , Barren, and brown, and rough appear; Still we tread the same coarse way ; The present's still a cloudy day ». Dyer's Grongar Hill. It is the same with subjects of poetry : Matters of Fiction «re better described... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 402 pages
...face, Ey'd through hope's deluding glass ; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and...same coarse way,. The present's still a cloudy day. O may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see ! Content me with an humble shade, My passions... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1064 pages
...hope's deluding glass, As yon summits, soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which, to those that O may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see : Content me with an humble shade, My passions... | |
 | James M'Henry - 1824 - 596 pages
...the sky? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear, More bright than all the landscape smilingnear ? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Pleasures of Hope. By the authors of the foregoing passages the poetical modulation of our language... | |
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