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" twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! "
The Young Ladies' Class Book: A Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose ... - Page 385
by Ebenezer Bailey - 1840
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Sonnets, and Other Poems,

William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 216 pages
...my stripling years! * The Cathedral. HOPE, ALLEGORICAL SKETCH, OH RECOVERING SLOWLY FROM SICKNESS. " But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, , " What was thy delighted measure ! " Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, " And bid the lovely scenes at distance hail." COLLINS. MOST REVEREND...
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Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 1

William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 208 pages
...stripling years ! » The Cathedral. • HOPE, AM ALLEGORICAL SKETCH, ON RECOVERING SLOWLY FROM SICKNESS. " But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, " •What was thy delighted measure ? " Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, " And bid the lovely scenes at distance hall." COLLINS. MOST KF.VKUr.Nr>...
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The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins

William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 198 pages
...hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan DespairLow sullen sounds his grjcf beguil'd, A sullen, strange, and mingled air, ' ,•.; 'Twas sad by fits,...so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still would her touch the...
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The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins

William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 206 pages
...hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief bcguil'd, A sullen, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts...so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures ..., Volume 14

1802 - 448 pages
...beneath it. Despair "; known by the tones of his instrument. " Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd, A solemn, strange and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild." The picture of Hope is most enchanting and insinuating | as the firm and only friend of the oppressed,...
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The Poetical Works of William Collins

William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 168 pages
...thus particularly of Despair : " With woful measure wan DespairLow sullen sounds his grief beguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild." He must be a very unskilful composer who could not catch the power of imitative harmony from these...
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The poetical works of William Collins, with the comm. of Langhorne. To which ...

William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...particularly of Despair . " With WMiul measure wan Despair—* •» Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild." He must be a very unskilful composer who could' not catch the power of imitative harmony from these*...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...the strings. With woeful measures wan DESPAIK — Low sullen sounds his grief heguil'd ; But thon, O HOPE! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still wouhl her touch the...
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The chaplet, poems, partly original and partly selected

Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...Despair.— Low sullen sounds his grief heguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mmgled air, 'Twassad hy fits, hy starts 'twas wild, But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair. What was thy delighted measure ; Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail I Still would her touch the...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...hurried hand the strings. With woeful measures wan Despaii — L.OW sullen sounds his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ! 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hrpe ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And...
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