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" O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With and Essay on His Life and Genius - Page 235
by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842
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The Popular Educator, Volumes 1-2; Volume 12

1867 - 964 pages
...o'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, and tip with silver every mountain's head ; then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, a flood of...sight, eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. t When the battle was ended, the stranger disappeared ; and no person knew whence he had come, nor...
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Lettres sur l'Égypte: où l'on offre le parallèle des moeurs ..., Volume 1

Savary (M., Claude Etienne) - 1834 - 598 pages
...O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." CCCLXII. Our guides, wrapped, like Moggrebyns, in white burnooses, tripped lightly before us, laughing...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head : Then shine the vales — the rocks in prospect rise, A flood...ma,ny flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering.Xanthus with their rays; The long reflection of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head : Then shine the vales — the rocks in prospect rise, A flood...many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rajs; The long reflection of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 3

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pages
...O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'iy monatain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. POPE'S HoMtR. How beautiful is night ! Ë dewy fre»hnesa fills the silent air, Êî rout obscures,...
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Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin

Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Snow.— The Torrent. 43 r , SNOW. WHEN highest Jove his sharp artillery forms, And opes his cloudy...
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The Iliad, tr. by A. Pope

Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of...and bless the useful light. So many flames before prond Iliou blaae, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays : The long reflections of the distant...
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The Monthly Register, Magazine, and Review, of the ..., Volume 2, Issues 1-6

1807 - 442 pages
...O'er the dark trebs a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise., A flood of...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." In the first of these quotations the mind is presented with every image, that can deform and debase...
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A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and ..., Volume 1

Thomas Coke - 1808 - 476 pages
...O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head. Then shine the vales ; the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of...swains rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue- vault, ar.<} bless the useful tight. POM, IUAB Yin. now prevails, which depresses the animal spirits, and...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pages
...O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, " And tip with silver every mountain's head; " Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, " A flood of...in the sight, " Eye the blue vault, and bless the sacred light." Pope's Matt Of some descriptions also it is not easy to determine whether they belong...
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