In glassy breadth, seem through delusive lapse • Forgetful of their course. Tis silence all, And pleasing expectation. Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig, and mute-imploring eye The falling verdure. Hush'd in short suspense, The plumy people streak... Le stagioni - Page 46by James Thomson - 1826 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Wilson - 1857 - 456 pages
...therefore the poet speaks of them, not as relieved from misery, but as visited with gladness — " Hush'd in short suspense, The plumy people streak...sign, to strike, at once, Into the general choir." Then, and not till then, the humane poet bethinks him of the insensate earth — insensate not ; for... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - 462 pages
...therefore the poet speaks of them, not as relieved from misery, but as visited with gladness — " Hush'd in short suspense, The plumy people streak their wings with oil, To throw the lucid moisture pickling off, And wait th' approaching sign, to strike, at once, Into the general choir." Then, and... | |
| Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...expectation. Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig, and, mute-imploring, eye The falling verdure. Hushed in short suspense, The plumy people streak their wings...To throw the lucid moisture trickling off, And wait the approaching sign to strike at once Into the general choir. Even mountains, vales, And forests,... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...expectation. Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig, and, mute-imploring, eye The falling verdure. Hushed in short suspense, The plumy people streak their wings...To throw the lucid moisture trickling off, And wait the approaching sign, to strike at once Into the general choir. Even mountains, vales, And forests,... | |
| England - 1860 - 532 pages
...expectation. Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig, and mute imploring, eye The falling verdure. Hushed in short suspense The plumy people streak their wings...approaching sign to strike at once Into the general choir. E'en mountains, vales, And forests, seem impatient to demand The promised sweetness. Man superior walks... | |
| James Thomson - 1861 - 480 pages
...sprig, and mute-imploring eye Thft falling vprrlnrp. Hush'd in short suspense, The jilumy_peogle-tstreak their wings with oil, To throw the lucid moisture...vales, And forests seem, impatient, to demand The promised sweetness. Man superior walks Amid the glad creation, musing graiseT' 170 AnilliiiiliJMjVliiiilj... | |
| James Thomson - 1862 - 272 pages
...'Tis silent all, Andpleasing expectation. Herds and flocka Drop the dry sprig, and, mute imploring, eye The falling verdure. Hush'd in short suspense,...approaching sign to strike, at once, Into the general choir. E'en mountains, vales, And forests, seem, impatient, to demand The promis'd sweetness. Man superior... | |
| English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...expectation. Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig, and, mute-imploring, eye The falling verdure. Hushed in short suspense, The plumy people streak their wings...To throw the lucid moisture trickling off, And wait the approaching sign, to strike at once Into the general choir. Even mountains, vales, And forests,... | |
| esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...delusive lapse Forgetful of their course. 'T is silence all, And pleasing expectation. Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig, and mute-imploring, eye The falling...To throw the lucid moisture trickling off; And wait the approaching sign to strike at once Into the general choir. Even mountains, vales, And forests seem,... | |
| John Wilson - 1864 - 334 pages
...lln-h'd in short suspense. The plumy people streak their winga with oil. To throw the lucid mouture trickling off, And wait th' approaching sign, to strike, at once, Into the general choir." Then, and not till then, the humane poet bethinks him of the insensate earth — insensate not; for... | |
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