 AT summer eve, when Heaven's ethereal bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape...  The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems - Page 9by Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1799 - 614 pages
...remote objects in a landscape, and the anticipation of remote futurity : ' At summer eve, when Heav'n's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills...sun-bright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowytint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? 'Tib distance lends enchantment... | |
 | 1799 - 746 pages
...our duty, that of commending. The ppening has great fpirit apd beauty. " At fnmmereve, when hrav'n's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the muling eye, Whofe funbright fummit mingles with the (ky ? Why do ihofe cliffs of fhadowy tint appear... | |
 | Books - 1799 - 618 pages
...the. anticipation of remote futurity: -ii«j.jj3 ' At summer eve, when Heav'n's aerial bow ti :/• Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below. Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, "i "> Whose sun-bright summit mingles with, the jky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear A... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1799 - 614 pages
...occupies the greater part of the volume, theie are the opening lines : ' At rummer eve, when heav'n's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the muting eye, • Whofe funbright fummit mingles with the fky ? Why do thofe cliffs of fhadowy tint appear... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1800 - 168 pages
...vengeance on the violators of juftice and mercy. PLEASURES OF HOPE. PART I. fummer eve, when Heav'n's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the mufing eye, Whofe funbright fummit mingles with the fky ? Why do thofe cliffs of fhadowy tint appear... | |
 | 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...sunbright summit mingles with the sky? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near?— 'Tis distance lends... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1804 - 144 pages
...miseries of their race, and to take vengeance oil the violators of justice and mercy. pleasures of PART I. .AT summer eve, when Heaven's aerial bow Spans...sun-bright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear ..More sweet than all the landscape smiling near?..., Tis Distance lends... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1804 - 182 pages
...vengeance on the violators of justice and mercy. PLEASURES OF HOPE. PART I. AT summer eve, when HeavVs aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills...sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?.... 'Tis Distance lends... | |
 | James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...setting sun. " At summer's eye, when Heaven's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering scene below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose...sun-bright 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 176 pages
...in India prophecy in the Hindoo mythology of PLEASURES OF HOPE. PART I. AT summer eve, when Heav'n's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills...sun-bright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?'Tis distance lends enchantment... | |
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