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" Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, ^ In double streams the briny waters glide... "
The Isle of Wight visitor's book - Page 76
by Wight Isle of - 1839
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Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c: In the Years 1701, 1702, 1703

Joseph Addison - Italy - 1753 - 324 pages
...lies a Bay j An Ifland fhades it from the rolling Sea, And forms a Port fecure for Ships to ride: 1 Broke by the jutting Land on either Side, ?• In double Streams the briny Waters glide 3 Between twe Rows of Rocks : a Silvan Scene Appears above, and Groves for ever Green. Dryden. . '...
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Sketches of Some of the Southern Counties of Ireland: Collected During a ...

George Holmes - Ireland - 1801 - 238 pages
...manner, answers the fine description given by Virgil, in his first ./Eneid, of a. beautiful port : — " Within a long recess, there lies a bay, An island...rolling sea, And forms a port, secure for ships to ride, -v • Broke by jutting land on either side, > In double streams the briny waters glide ^ Betwixt Betwixt...
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The Works of Virgil, Volume 1

Virgil - Agriculture - 1803 - 364 pages
...above, and groves for ever green. CORRECTIONS, side? No: we owe it all to his printer. The poet wrote - forms a port secure for ships to ride : -.-'•'•...the briny waters glide Betwixt two rows of rocks : a silvan scene Appears above, &c. jEnei's, i, 862. With his right hand Ilioneus was grac'd. The poet...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1803 - 614 pages
...little serenity, on viewing the disastrous effects of the late hurricane. e'is, i, 22(). An island - forms a port secure for ships to ride, Broke by the...the briny waters glide. Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green. • forms a port secure for ships to1 ride :...
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The Works of Virgil, Volume 2

Virgil - Agriculture - 1803 - 408 pages
...maintains. The weary Trojans ply their shatter'd oars To nearest land, and make the Libyan shores. Within a long recess there lies a bay: An island shades...rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride: 230 Broke by the jutting land, on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 5

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 486 pages
...SEquora tuta silent, tum Silvis scena coruscix Desuper, horrent ique atnim nemus imminet umbra. JEn. 1. Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades...forms a port secure for ships to ride, Broke by the jetting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Between two rows of rocks :...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 5

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 486 pages
..._.-••.-•..>•{••>. , , ;, ' .,''!)( JO Within a long recess there lies a bay, ', , ,.ij \ J, a « -'j An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms...port secure for ships to ride, - '"' . . Broke by the jetting land on either side, . - . '.• li-^c In double streams the briny waters glide, ,,;... .im'rt...
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The works of Virgil, tr. into Engl. verse by mr. Dryden. Carey, Volume 2

Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 pages
...Trojans ply their shatter'd oars To nearest land, and make the Libyan shores. Within a long recess their lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea,' And forms a port secure for ships to ride : 230 Broke by the jutting land, on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt...
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An Account of a Voyage to India, China &c. in His Majesty's Ship Caroline ...

James Johnson - China - 1806 - 154 pages
...non viucula naves, " Ulla tenent : unco non alligat ancliura luorsu." JEneid. lib. I. " Within a deep recess there lies a bay, " An island shades it from the rolling sea, " Ami forms a port secure for ships to ride: " Broke by the jutting land on either side, " In double...
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The Oriental Voyager: Or, Descriptive Sketches and Cursory Remarks, on a ...

James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...Tessas non vincnla naves, Ulla tcneut : unto noa alligat anchora morsu." lib. \. \ " Within a deep recess there lies a bay, ! An island shades it from...double streams the briny waters glide Betwixt two rugged rocks : a sylvan scene Appears below,* and groves for ever green. Down through the crannies...
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