| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pages
...mountain's hrow, What a landscape lies helow ! No clouds, no vapours intervene5 But the pay, the open scene Does the face of Nature show, In all the hues of Heaven's how! And, swelling to emhrace the light, Spreads around heneath the sight. Below me trees unnumher'd... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...spreads, Adds a thousand woods and meads; Still it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly-risen hill. Now I gain the mountain's brow, What a landscape lies...no vapours intervene, But the gay, the open scene, Does the face of nature show, In all the hues of heaven's bow ! And, swelling to embrace the light,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 pages
...widens, widens ftill, And finks the newly rifen-hill. Now I gain the mountain's brow ; What a landfcape lies below ! No clouds, no vapours intervene'. But the gay, the open fcene Does the face of nature fhow in all the hues of heav'n's bow ; . And, fwelling to embrace the... | |
| 1839 - 894 pages
...feeling towards their living compeers has ever prevailed. Yes — we shall recite a bit of Grongar : Now I gain the mountain's brow, What a landscape lies...no vapours intervene ; But the gay, the open scene, Does the face of nature show, In all the lines of heaven's bow : And, swelling to embrace the light,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 pages
...spreads, Adds a thousand woods and meads ; Still it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly-risen hill. Now I gain the mountain's brow, What a landscape lies...no vapours intervene; But the gay, the open scene, Does the face of nature show, In all the hues of heaven's bow ; And, swelling to embrace the light,... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 414 pages
...spreads, Adds a thousand woods and meads . Still it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly-risen hill. Now I gain the mountain's brow, What a landscape lies...no vapours intervene ; But the gay the open scene Does the face of Nature show In all the hues of heaven's bow, And, swelling to embrace the light, Spreads... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 412 pages
...spreads, Adds a thousand woods and meads; Still it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly-risen hill. Now, I gain the mountain's brow, What a landscape...no vapours intervene ; But the gay, the open scene Does the face of Nature show, In all the hues of Heaven's bow ! And, swelling to embrace the light,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...spreads, Adds a thousand woods and meads ; Still it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly risen hill. Now I gain the mountain's brow, What a landscape lies...no vapours intervene ; But the gay the open scene Does the face of Nature show In all the hues of heaven's bow ; And, swelling to embrace the light,... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...spreads, Adds a thousand woods and meads, Still it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly-risen hill. Now, I gain the mountain's brow ; What a landscape...no vapours intervene, But the gay, the open scene Does the face of Nature show, In all the hues of Heav'n's bow ! And, swelling to embrace the light,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...spreads, Adds a thousand woods and meads ; Still it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly-risen hill. rojan could remain, While Anna begg'd and Dido rag'd in vain. Then grave Clarissa graceful wav'd Does the face of nature show, In all the hues of Heaven's bow ; And, swelling to embrace the light,... | |
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