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" As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. "
English Poets of the Eighteenth Century - Page 218
edited by - 1918 - 364 pages
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...smile, His ready smile a parent's warmth erprest. Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distrest; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given';...storm. Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. PROVIDENCE. A HYMN. BY ADDI30N. TRE Lord my pasture shall...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his .griefs were given....in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form. Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...smile. HU ready smile.a parent's warmth exprest, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distrest; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clonds are...
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Enfield's Guide to Elocution: Improved and Classically Divided Into Six ...

John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...His ready smile a parent's warmth e^press'd, Tfyejr welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves tho storm, Though round ifs breast the rolling clouds...
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Lectures on the sacred poetry of the Hebrews; tr. by G. Gregory ..., Volume 1

Robert Lowth (bp. of London.) - 1816 - 478 pages
...ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, ." Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd J " To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...." Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, " Eternal sunshine settles on Jiis head.'" Deserted Village. T. There is another defect in...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...warmth express'd, Their welfare pleased Mm, and their cares distress'd; To them his heart, his love, bis griefs were given; • But all his serious thoughts...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its bead. PROVIDENCE. A HYMN. BY ADII1SON. THE Lord my pasture...
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The Traveller, The Deserted Village, and Other Poems ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...them his heart, his love, his griefs, were giv'n, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heav'n. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...spread. Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggting fence that skirts the vray With blossom 'd furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy...
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The Deserted Village, Traveller, and Miscellaneous Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...smile. His ready smile a parent', warmih exprest : Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, aud midway leaves the storm, Though rouud its breast the rolling clouds...
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The Analectic Magazine...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography ..., Volume 13

1819 - 552 pages
...hanging half way down their sides, — and forcibly reminded me of the beautiful lines of Goldsmith — ' As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.' This appears to be literally the case with these mountains...
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Travels in Italy, Greece and the Ionian Islands: In a Series of ..., Volume 1

Hugh William Williams - Greece - 1820 - 468 pages
...cibly reminds us of the beautiful simile suggested to Goldsmith by the sublime scenery of the Alps : As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. DESERTED VILLAGE. Placed amidst these tremendous solitudes,...
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