| 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... | |
| 1801 - 450 pages
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| British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...« lawns,' there are are eight leading images: in the following, of equal length, there is only one. To behold the wandering moon, 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 bowed, Stopping through a fleecy cloud. The... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...wand'ring moon Riding 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
...wand'ring moon, 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. The sounds that can be, in any respect, agreeable to him, must correspond with his present humour :... | |
| Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...melancholy; Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among, • I woo to hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold...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... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...melancholy I Thee , chauntress , oft the wowls among , I woo to hear thy evening song: And , missing thee , I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green , To...her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Thro' the heav'n's wide pathless way : And oft as if her head she bow'd Stooping thro' a fleecy cloud.... | |
| 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... | |
| Hugh Murray - Fiction - 1805 - 188 pages
...wand'ring moon, 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
...wand'ring moon, 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... | |
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