 ... glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,...  The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems - Pagina 12di Thomas Campbell - 1822 - 144 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1799 - 618 pagine
...survey1 l! •• The promis'djoys of life's unmeasi:r'd way; Thus, from afar, each dim discover' d scene" More pleasing seems than all the past hath...form, that Fancy can repair* : From dark oblivion, gluws divinely there.' Though there seems to be no settled rrfode of arrangement adopted in disposing... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1799 - 614 pagine
...umne.'.fur'd way ; Thus, from afar, each dirn-difcover'd fcene More pleafing feems than all the pail hath been ; And every form, that Fancy can repair...dark oblivion, glows divinely there. * What potent fpirit guides the raptur'd eye To pierce the (hades of dim futurity ? Can Wifdom lend, with all her... | |
 | 1799 - 746 pagine
...unraeafur'd way ; Thus, from afar, each dim-dilcover'd fcene More pleafing ieems than all the paft haih been ; And every form, that fancy can repair From dark oblivion, glows divinely there." P. 3. The following defcription of the effect of Hope, before t battle, is vigorous and able. «•... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pagine
...linger to survey The promis'd joys of life's nnmeasur'd way ; Thus, from afar, each tinn discover'd scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been ; And every form, that I'V.ncy can lepair From dark oblivion, glows divinely there.' Though there seems to be no settled mode... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 182 pagine
...linger to survey The promis'cl joys of life's unmeasur'd way ; Thus, from afar, each dim-discover'd scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been...glows divinely there. What potent spirit guides the raptur'd eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend, with all her heav'nly power, The... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1806 - 220 pagine
...linger to survey. The promis'djoys of life's unmeasur'd way; IO Thus, from afar, each dira-discover'd scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been...glows divinely there. What potent spirit guides the raptur'd eye 15 To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend, with all her heav'nly pow'r,... | |
 | James Johnson - 1807 - 430 pagine
...unmcatnr'd way ; Thus from afar each dim discover'd scene More pleasing seems than all the past has been ; And every form that Fancy can repair From dark oblivion. glows divinely there." Pleaturet of Htpe, Cape Avarella. CHAP. IX. Sail from China — Some of the Convoy strike on a Shoal... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 176 pagine
...we linger to survey The promis'd joys of life's unmeasur'd way; Thus, from afar, each dim-discover'd scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been...glows divinely there. What potent spirit guides the raptur'd eye • To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend, with all her heav'nly pow'r,... | |
 | Agnes Sophia Semple, Mrs. Marshall, Robert Bloomfield - 1812 - 648 pagine
...near?— • "Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight, we linger to survey, The promised...repair, From dark oblivion, glows divinely there. CAMPBELL. Ouu simplie repast was ended ; but as it was yet early, at Harriet's request, the hour of... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pagine
...smiling near? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight we linger to survey The promised...dim-discovered scene, More pleasing seems than all the past has been, And every form that fancy can repair, From dark oblivion glows divinely there." Let poets... | |
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