 For lo ! the sea that fleets about the land, And like a girdle clips her solid waist, Music and measure both doth understand; For his great crystal eye is always cast Up to the moon, and on her fixed fast; And as she danceth in her pallid sphere, So danceth...  The South Devon literary chronicle - Page 2291847Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...descry. But for your eyes perceive not all they see, In this I will your senses master be. " ' For lo the Sea ' that fleets about the land, And like a girdle...pallid sphere, So danceth he about the centre here. " ' Sometimes his proud green waves in order set, One after other How unto the shore, Which when they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...descry. But for your eyes perceive not all they see, In this I will your senses master be. " ' For lo the Sea' that fleets about the land, And like a girdle...cast Up to the Moon, and on her fixed fast: And as -he danceth in her pallid sphere, So danceth he about the centre here. " ' Sometimes his proud green... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...plays ; Yet in this misrule, they such rule embrace, As two at once encumber not the place. For lo, the sea, that fleets about the land, And, like a girdle,...Music and measure both doth understand : For his great chrystal eye is always cast Up to the moon, and on her fixed fast : And as she danceth in her pallid... | |
 | Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...plays ; Yet in this misrule, they such rule embrace, As two at once encumber not the place. For lo, the sea, that fleets about the land, And, like a girdle,...Music and measure both doth understand : For his great chrystal eye is always cast Up to the moon, and on her fixed fast : And as she danceth in her pallid... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...to the tidal influence at he moon, and the passage is highly poetical ia es”ression : — ror lo, asmuch as we see that in many things, and they of great concernment, men all vlusic and measure both doth understand : For his great crystal eye is always cast i I'p to the moon,... | |
 | William Hewitt - Norfolk (England) - 1844 - 120 pages
...CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. THE FORMATION OF THE TIDES CONSIDERED, THEIR VARIATION, AND EFFECTS. For, lo! the sea that fleets about the land, And like a girdle clips her solid waste, Music and measure both doth understand : For his great crystal eye is always cast Up to the... | |
 | Robert Southey - Children's stories - 1847 - 438 pages
...; Then doth she coyly turn her face aside, That half her cheek is scarce sometimes descried. And lo the Sea that fleets about the land And like a girdle...pallid sphere, So danceth he about the centre here. This is lofty poetry, and one cannot but regret that the poet should have put it in the mouth of so... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...the passage is highly poetical in expression : — For lo, the sea that fleets about the land, Arid The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great...I a small house and large garden have, And a few danccth in her pallid spheres So danccth he about the centre here. 108 ПОИ 1558 POETS. JOHN DOiN'KE.... | |
 | Robert Southey - Children's stories - 1847 - 468 pages
...fleets ahont the land And like a girdle clips her solid waist, Mnsic and measnre hoth doth nnderstand ; For his great crystal eye is always cast Up to the Moon, and on her 6xed fast ; And as she danceth in her pallid sphere, So danceth he abont the centre here. This is lofty... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...to the tidal influence of the moon, and the passage is highly poetical in expression :— 'For lo, 849 dauceth he about the centre here. ! JOHN UO.NKE. Sometimes his proud green waves in order «et, One... | |
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