 | 1822 - 418 pages
...hurried hand the strings. A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; "Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy...prolong ; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, Sbe call'd on Echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...beguiled; But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure 1 Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!...rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still, through all the song; And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at... | |
 | 1822 - 116 pages
...sounds his grief beguil'd A solemn, strange, and mi. gled ajr, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild, But thou, O Hope, with eyes 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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...sounds his grief beguiled ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure 1 Still it whisper' d promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
..., A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hupe ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure...rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all her song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...his grief beguil'd : ' A solemn, strange, and mingled air : 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy...strain prolong; ; And from the rocks, the woods, the rale, She call'd on Echo still through all her song : . • And where her sweetest theme she chose,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...grief beguiled: — A solemn, strange, and mingled air: — 'Twos sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure 1 Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still would her... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...sounds his grief beguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy...prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, Shecall'd on Echo still through all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...grief beguiled, A sullen, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thnu, 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 ! Still would her touch the strain prolong.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pages
...unknown good, and tinge the hazy prospect with hopes and wishes and more charming fears. " But thou, oh Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail !" Whatever is placed beyond the reach... | |
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A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? 
