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, and... Avenia, Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and ... - Page 2721805 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 770 pages
...a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars immimbcrM 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 in ]:rn«pect rise, A flood of glory hursts... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...fault. Conclusion of Book vm. -v. 687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath...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... | |
| John Walker - 1811 - 568 pages
...disturbs the deep serene, Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd deck the shadowy pole, 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...VIII. w. 687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not...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... | |
| English literature - 1813 - 352 pages
...beaming fires illumin'd all the ground. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath...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... | |
| Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1813 - 466 pages
..." When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, 1 • And not a cloud o'ercutts the solemn tcene ; " Around her throne the vivid planets roll, " And stars...trees a yellower verdure shed, " And tip with silver every mountain's head : " Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, ~" A food of glory bursts... | |
| Greek literature - 1813 - 350 pages
...o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars uunumber'd gild tin: 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 in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from... | |
| Sir Charles Abraham Elton - English poetry - 1814 - 566 pages
...When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cluuil o'ercasts the solemn scene : Around lier throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd...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 burst*... | |
| English literature - 1814 - 698 pages
...cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unn'uraber'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 in prospect rite : A flood of glory bursts... | |
| Louis-Pierre Siret - English language - 1815 - 198 pages
...disturbs the deep serene , And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; •'•*-; Around her throue the vivid planets roll , And stars unnumber'd gild...glowing pole , O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shedj And tip with" silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales , the racks in prospect rise... | |
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