Twas the hour of day When setting suns o'er summer seas display A path of glory opening in the west To golden climes and islands of the blest; And human voices, on the silent air, Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there... The Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers - Page 81by Samuel Rogers - 1869 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1814 - 556 pages
...evening anthem rose, Hose to the Virgin. 'Twas the hour of day, When setting suns o'er summer-seas display A path of glory, opening in the west To golden...the waves in songs of gladness there ! Chosen of Men ! 'twas thine, at noon of night, First from the prow to hail the glimmering light. " PKD-RO ! RODHIGO... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1813 - 540 pages
...furl'd, with many a melting close, Solemn and slow the evening anthem rose :_, Rose to the Virgin — 'Twas the hour of day When setting suns o'er summer...climes and islands of the blest, And human voices in the silent air, ^Vent o'er the waves in songs of gladness there ! Chosen of men ! 'twas thine at... | |
| 1813 - 566 pages
...Solemn and slow the evening anthem rose : Rose to the virgin — 'Twas the hour of day When settinsr suns o'er summer seas display A path of glory opening...climes and islands of the blest, And human voices in the silent air, Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there ? Chosen of men ! 'twas thine at... | |
| English literature - 1813 - 1102 pages
...melting close, Solemn and slow the evening anthem rose : Rose to the Virgin—Twas the hour of day A path of glory opening in the west, To golden climes and islands of the blest, And human voices in the silent air, Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there! Chosen of mtn ! 'twas thine at noon... | |
| 1813 - 550 pages
...were furPd, with many a melting close, Solemn and slow the evening anthem rose: Rose to the virgin — 'Twas the hour of day When setting suns o'er summer seas display A path of glory opening iu the west, To golden climes and islands of the blest, And human voices in the silent air, Went o'er... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1813 - 556 pages
...A path of glory opening in the west, To golden climes and islands of the blest, And human voices in the silent air, Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there ! Chosen of men ! 'twas thine at noon of night, First from the prow to hail the glimmering light : Pedro ! Rodrigo... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 276 pages
...evening-anthem rose, Rose to the Virgin.* 'Twas the hour of day, When setting suns o'er summer-seas display A path of glory, opening in the west To golden...waves in songs of gladness there ! Chosen of Men! ? 'twas thine, at noon of night, First from the prow to hail the glimmering light; f (Emblem of Truth... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 260 pages
..."i When setting suns o'er summer-seas display A path of glory, opening in the west • • • '-.I1 To golden climes, and islands of the blest; And human...waves in songs of gladness there!' Chosen of Men! s 'twas thine, at noon of night, First from the prow to hail the glimmering light; f . (Emblem of Truth... | |
| Emily Taylor - Didactic fiction - 1820 - 286 pages
...Columbus to forgive them for all their illbehaviour ; and the very people who had Kose to the virgin. 'Twas the hour of day When setting suns o'er summer...the waves in songs of gladness there! Chosen of men! 'twas thine, at noon of night, First from the prow to hail the glimmering light. ' Pedro ! Rodrigo... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...I'd: with many a melting close, Solemn and slow the evening anthem rosst Rose to the Virgin. 'Twos the hour of day, When setting suns o'er summer -seas...air, Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there I Chosen of Men! 'twas thine , at noon of night First from the prow, to hail the glimmering light.... | |
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