 As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild...  First Steps to Astronomy and Geography - Page 75by First steps - 1828 - 386 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 644 pages
...azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a 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 verdure shed, And tip with silver... | |
 | John Scott Clark - American poetry - 1900 - 886 pages
...azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a 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 verdure shed, And tip with silver... | |
 | Margaret Sullivan Mooney - English literature - 1900 - 352 pages
...azure spreads her sacred light ; When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a 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 verdure shed, And tip with silver... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1901 - 654 pages
...azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her throne the vivid planets...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1902 - 864 pages
...azure spreads her sacred light ; When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts young man meddles with (and the more he knows the belter), that which unnumbered gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1902 - 860 pages
...azure spreads her sacred light ; When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a 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 verdure shed, And tip with silver... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1903 - 704 pages
...light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; 690 Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars...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 in... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1903 - 636 pages
...azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene And not a 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 verdure shed And tip with silver ev'ry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 582 pages
...azure sheds her sacred light; When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets...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... | |
 | Eva March Tappan - English literature - 1905 - 314 pages
...puts it : — The moon, refulgent lamp of night ! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light. Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole. It is no wonder that Richard Bentley, one of the greatest scholars of the day, said, " It is a pretty... | |
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