 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 smiling near...  The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems - Page 3by Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...that part forever, Thomas Moore. 898. DISTANCE, Enchantment of. At summer eve, when Heaven's ethereal R . . . day; Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? —... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...the British Poets are for the most part equally just and elegant. HOPE. AT summer eve, when heaven's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering-...cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landseape smiling near ? — 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in... | |
 | Dawn - 1874 - 340 pages
...fiery fight is heard no more, And the storm has ceased to blow. T Summer eve, when heaven's ethereal bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below,...tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near?'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with... | |
 | Education - 1874 - 524 pages
...; in war, parents bury their children." 3. From what poems are the following extracts taken : — " Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? 'T is distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." • " Ah... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...Jupiter, lo! at the last Him slew, and fro the carte' cast. HOPE. CHAUCER. AT summer eve, when heaven's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint musing eye, Whose sunbright summit mingles appear... | |
 | Education - 1874 - 524 pages
...war, parents bury their children." 3. From what poems are the following extracts taken : — " \Vhy do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? 'T is distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." " Ah me !... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 584 pages
...at the last Him slew, and fro the carté cast. CHAUCER. HOPE. AT summer eve, when heaven's aérial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below,...mingles with the sky? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tiut appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? — 'Tis distance lends enchautment to... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...hills. At summer eve, when Heaven's ctherc-il bow Kpaus with bright arch the glittering hills below, Whv to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunbright...cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the lan<lse«pe smiling near ? — "Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain... | |
 | Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester - Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) - 1877 - 336 pages
...hunter's paradise. CHAPTER V. MOUNTAINS OF THE WILDERNESS. Why to yon mountain turns the musing eve, Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky? Why...shadowy tint appear, More sweet than all the landscape smil1ng near? —Camfttlft Pltatnrtt «/ Heft. I. THE LAURENTIDES. The underlying rocky strata of the... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 240 pages
...re-pair1, call back. spheres, the planets. un-meas'ured, untrodden. AT summer's eve, when heaven's aerial bow Spans, with bright arch, the glittering...sun-bright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those hills of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? 'Tis distance lends enchantment... | |
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