Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit... An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric - Page 248by Hugh Blair - 1808 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the Heav'n's wide pathless way, 79 And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through...Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, 75 Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if the air will... | |
| John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through...ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...near her highest noon, 63 Like one that had been led astray, Through the heav'ns wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud." Here the poet breaks from his subject, anJ,. abandoning the description of Melancholy, he exclaims... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 308 pages
...near her highest noon, 'Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. The sounds that can be, in any respect, agreeable to him, must correspond with his present humour :... | |
| Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray ' Through the Heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through...ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water' d shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed... | |
| John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
....Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the Heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through...ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...that had heen led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she how'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud ; Oft on a plat of...ground I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide water'd shore. Swinging slow with snllen roar: Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place... | |
| Hugh Murray - Fiction - 1805 - 188 pages
...Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray, Through the heav'n's wide pathless way; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. It would be easy to extend these remarks to a much greater length. What has been said, however, may... | |
| Hugh Murray - Fiction - 1805 - 198 pages
...near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray, Through the heav'n's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. It would be easy to extend these remarks to a much greater length. What has been said, however, may... | |
| Hugh Murray - Fiction - 1805 - 190 pages
...highest noon, t-ike one that had been led astray, -Borough the beav'n's vide pathless -way ; -*°d oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. to ? *OU/d ^ eagy «« extend these remarks said T «««*«: length. A^hat has been aowever, may be... | |
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