 Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?  The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Page 234by English poets - 1790Full view - About this book
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 474 pages
...that I my felt. am here below—My certainty is the fame • for how otherwife did I come here ? " Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus ? how here ? " Not of myfelf." He muft love virtue, and deleft vice. Confequent. ly he muft both reward and punifh. If we are not... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou Sun, said I, fair light, And Ihou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and...live and move, fair Creatures, tell, Tell, if" ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself ; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in pow'r... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ; Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself; by some Great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent;... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 548 pages
...is finely imitated in the following examples. -Thou fun, faid I, fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, fo frefh and gay ! Ye hills and dales, ye rivers,...tell, Tell if ye faw, how came I thus, how here— — Paradife Loft, hook viii. 273. -Both have finn'd ! but thou Againft God only ; I, 'gainft God and... | |
 | James Beattie (LL.D.) - 1807 - 400 pages
...anticipation of future • "" Thou sun, said I, fair light ! " Arid thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! " Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods,...live and move, fair creatures, tell, " Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here : " Not of myself ; by some great Maker then, '' In goodness and in... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods and plaint, And ye that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself ; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 pages
...order to procure information. , Thou sun, said I, fair light ! And thon cnlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and...that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if you sa\v, how came I thus, how here J We shall give a remarkably fine example of this figure, from... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 494 pages
...And thou enlighten'd Earth, fo frefli and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plains, 275 And ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, Tell, if ye law, how I came thus, how here? — Not of myfelf; — by fome great Maker then, In goodnels and in... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ; Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself; 'by some Great Maker then. In goodness and in power... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou Sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and...that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? Not of myself;—by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power... | |
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