 But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn...  The Pleasures of Life ... - Page 69by Sir John Lubbock - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...fruit, flower, •Glist'ning with dew ; nor fragrance after showers ; Nor grateful evening miltl ; nor silent night With this her solemn bird ; nor walk...glittering -star-light— -without thee is sweet, But wherefore all night long shine these ? for whom This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 536 pages
...delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; Sec. Rut neither breath of Morn, when she ascends With charm...Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet." Thus Cowper of the Sofa: " The nurse sleeps sweetly, hir'd to watch the sick, Whom snoring she disturbs.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...fertile earth VOL. III. Q After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; the silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this...Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet." The variety of images in this passage is infinitely pleasing ; and the recapitulation of each particular... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...train : But neither breath of morn, when she ascends. With charm of earliest birds , nor rising sun Oa this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering...moon Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet. But wherefore all night long shine these ? for whom This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes... | |
 | James Andrew - English language - 1817 - 152 pages
...ascends With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun 9 On this delightful land nor herb, fruit, flov/r, Nor grateful evening mild, nor silent night, With...Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet." Milton. " But O, my muse, what numbers wilt thou find, To sing the furious troops in battle join'd.... | |
 | Classical philology - 1818 - 444 pages
...birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herbs, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant...Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet." That I may not appear tedious, I shall only add two more instances invites her:— (Idyll, xi.): Polyphemus,... | |
 | Classical philology - 1818 - 426 pages
...flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth л After soft showers ; and sweet the cumin»; on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night With...Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet." That I may not appear tedious, I shall only add two more instances of beautiful scenery in Theocritus.... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...perfect beauty adorn'd : " My author and disposer, what thou bidst Unargu'd I obey : so God ordains. With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons...moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet, But wherefore all night long shine these ? for whom This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 348 pages
...ascends With charms of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land : nor herb, fruit, (lower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers ;...Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet." The variety of images in this passage is infinitely pleasing; and the recapitulation of each particular... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showeNor grateful evening mild ; nor silent night With this...moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet, But wherefore all night long shine these ? for whom This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all e... | |
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