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" What a landscape lies below ! No clouds, 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 around beneath the sight. "
The Journal of English and Germanic Philology - Page 273
1917
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 13

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...
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Poetical selections, consisting of the most approved pieces of our best ...

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,...
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Sequel to the English Reader, Or Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

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...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45

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,...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 5

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,...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 19

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...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 7

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,...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

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,...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

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,...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

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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