| 1817 - 708 pages
...GLEN. To whom belongs this Valley fair, "That sleeps beneath the filmy air, Even like a living Thing ! Silent, — as Infant at the breast, — Save a still...streamlet's murmuring ! The Heavens appear to love this vale ; There, clouds with scarce-seen motion sail, Or 'mid the silence lie ! By that blue arch this beauteous... | |
| English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...OLE». To whom belongs this Valley fair, That sleep« beneath die filmy air, Even like a living Thing ! Silent,— as Infant at the breast,— Save a still...streamlet's murmuring ! The Heavens appear to love this vale ; There, clouds with scarce-seen motion sail Or 'mid the silence lie ! By that blue arch this beauteous... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...WILSOW. To whom belongs this valley fair, That sleeps beneath the filmy air, Even like a living thing? Silent — as infant at the breast — Save a still...heavens appear to love this vale ; Here clouds with unseen motion sail, .,. Or mid the silence lie ! By that Ma« arch, this beauteous earth, Mid evening's... | |
| John Wilson - Scottish poetry - 1825 - 446 pages
...belongs this Valley fair, That sleeps beneath the filmy air, Even like a living Thing ? Silent,—as Infant at the breast,— Save a still sound that speaks...Evening's hour of dewy mirth Seems bound unto the sky. Hope would rejoice in endless Dreams, And memory's oft-returning gleams By Peace be sanctified. There... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 422 pages
...that speaks of rest, — That streamlet's murmuring ! The heavens appear to love this vale ; There clouds with scarce-seen motion sail Or, 'mid the silence...evening's hour of dewy mirth Seems bound unto the sky. O ! that this lovely vale were mine ! Then, from glad youth to calm decline, My years would gently... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 498 pages
...belongs this valley fair, That sleeps beneath the filmy air, Even like a living thing ! Calm, — as the infant at the breast, — Save a still sound that...streamlet's murmuring ! The heavens appear to love this vale ; There, clouds with scarce-seen motion sail Or, 'mid the silence lie ! By that blue arch this beauteous... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 426 pages
...belongs this valley fair, That sleeps beneath the filmy air, Even like a living thing ! Calm, — as the infant at the breast, — Save a still sound that...streamlet's murmuring ! The heavens appear to love this vale ; There, clouds with scarce-seen motion sail Or, 'mid the silence He ! By that blue arch this beauteous... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 430 pages
...belongs this valley fair, That sleeps beneath the filmy air, Even like a living thing ! Calm, — as the infant at the breast, — Save a still sound that...streamlet's murmuring ! The heavens appear to love this vale ; There, clouds with scarce-seen motion sail Or, 'mid the silence lie ! By that blue arch this beauteous... | |
| Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1829 - 432 pages
...VALLEY. To whom belongs this valley fair, That sleeps beneath the filmy air, E'en like a living thing, Silent as infant at the breast, Save a still sound,...speaks of rest, That streamlet's murmuring? The heavens do seem to love this vale, The clouds with scarce seen motion sail, Or mid the silence lie; I'.y that... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...WILSON. To whom belongs this valley fair, That sleeps beneath the filmy air, Even like a living thing? Silent — as infant at the breast — Save a still...heavens appear to love this vale ; Here clouds with unseen motion sail, Or mid the silence lie ! By that blue arch, this beauteous earth, Mid evening's... | |
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