 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
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 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 a fleecy cloudy Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfew sound, MS Over some wide-water'd shore,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 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... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 328 pages
...near her highest noon, .Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless war ; 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 :... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the Heaven's wide pathless wny ; Curfcu sound, Om wine wide-watcr'd shore, Stringing slow with sullen roar : Or, it the air will not... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...melancholy ! Thee chaunt ress, oft, the woods among I woo to hear thy evening song ; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry, smooth-shaven green, To...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... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 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...cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-oft" curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the air... | |
 | 1822 - 326 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. The sounds that can be, in any respect, agreeable to him, must correspond with his present humour :... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...near her highest noon, 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...Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off cuiiew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or if the air will not... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...sound. The last of the four following lines from Milton, contains also a tolerable imitation of both : Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide -watend shore, Swinging slow with tullen roar *). Another very natural subject oí imitation is size,... | |
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