| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1799 - 614 pages
...thofe cliffs of fhadowy tint appear More fiveet than all the landfcape fmiling near?— 'Tis diftance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain...its azure hue. ' Thus, with delight, we linger to furvey The promis'd joys of life's umne.'.fur'd way ; Thus, from afar, each dirn-difcover'd fcene More... | |
| 1799 - 614 pages
...sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowytint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? 'Tib distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes...mountain in its azure hue. • Thus, with delight, v.-c linger to survey The promis'd joys of life's nnmeasur'd way ; Thus, from afar, each tinn discover'd... | |
| Books - 1799 - 618 pages
..."i "> Whose sun-bright summit mingles with, the jky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear A More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the TOW, V r. And robes the mountain in its azure hue..*:: '. lU • Thus, with delight, we linger to survey1... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1800 - 168 pages
...thofe cliffs of fhadowy tint appear More fweet than all the landfcape fmiling near ? — 'Tis Diftance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain...in its azure hue. Thus, with delight, we linger to furvey The promis'd joys of life's unmeafur'd way ; 10 Thus, from afar, each dim-difcover'd fcene More... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1801 - 170 pages
...thofe cliffs of fhadowy tint appear More fweet than all the landfcape fmiling near ?— 'Tis Diftance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure huei Aij Thus, with delight, we linger to furvey The promis'd joys of life's unmeafur'd way ; 10 Thus,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1803 - 162 pages
...justice and mercy. Book 1. line 37, 38 frc. PLEASURES OF HOPE. PART I. AT summer eve, when Heav'n's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills...the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. B Thus, with delight, we linger to survey The promis'd joys of life's unmeasur'd way; Thus, from afar,... | |
| James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliiis of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the ocean smiling near ? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to...the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue!" As this important settlement is often touched at by our ships on their way to and from India, I shall... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1813 - 164 pages
...yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those clifts of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape...the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. A2 Thus, with delight, we linger to survey The promis'd joys of life** onmeasur'd way; Thus, from alar,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...musing eye, Whose sun-hright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear 4 More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?— 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And rohes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight, we linger to survey The promis'd joys of life's... | |
| 1821 - 732 pages
...coarse way— The present's still a cloudy day." " Is not this the original of the far-famed — " 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue ?" " To return once more to the sea. Let any one look on the long wall of Malamocco, which curbs the... | |
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