 Of gathering vapour, from the baffled sense Sinks dark and dreary. Thence expanding far, The huge dusk, gradual, swallows up the plain : Vanish the woods ; the dim-seen river seems Sullen, and slow, to roll the misty wave.  The Poems of Ossian: &c - Page 71by James Macpherson - 1805Full view - About this book
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 200 pages
...dreary. Thence expanding (arr-V h • The huge dusk, gradual, swallows up the plain : Vanish the woods ; the dim-seen river seems Sullen and slow, to roll the misty wave. £'en in the height of noon oppressed, the sun Sheds weak, and blunt his wide refracted ray ;— *... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 164 pages
...and dreary. Thence expanding far, The huge dusk, gradual swallows up the plum : Vanish the woods ; the dim-seen river seems Sullen and slow, to roll the misty wave. E'en in the height of noon opprest, the sun Sheds weak and hlunt his wide-refracted ray; Whence glaring... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1837 - 874 pages
...around' the lull. Thence expanding far, The huge dusk gradual swallows up the plain Vanish the woods ; the dimseen river seems Sullen and slow to roll the...the sun Sheds weak and blunt his wide refracted ray ; Whence glaring oft, with many a broadened orb, He frights the nations. Indistinct on earth, Seen... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 936 pages
...far, The huge dusk gradual swallows up the plain Vanish the woods ; the dimsetn river seems Sullen ana slow to roll the misty wave. Even in the height of...the sun Sheds weak and blunt his wide refracted ray ; Whence glaring oft, with manya broadened orb, He frights the nations. Indistinct on earth, Seen through... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1837 - 1058 pages
...' ' Expanding far The huge dusk, gradual, swallows up the plain, Vanish the woods — the dim seen river seems Sullen and slow to roll the misty wave, Even in the height of noon opprest, the sun Sheds weak Indistinct on earth, Seen through the tumid air, beyond the life Objects... | |
 | James Thomson - 1838 - 236 pages
...the plain: Vanish the woods; the dim-seen river seems Sullen, and slow, to roll the misty wave. E'en in the height of noon oppressed, the sun Sheds weak, and blunt, his wide-refracted ray : Whence glaring oft, with many a broadened orb, He frights the nations. Indistinct... | |
 | James Thomson - 1840 - 174 pages
...the plain ; Vanish the woods : the dim-seen river seems Sullen and slow to roll the misty wave. E'en in the height of noon oppressed, the sun Sheds weak and blunt his wide-refracted ray ; 720 Whence glaring oft, with many a broadened orb He frights the nations. Indistinct... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 370 pages
...— ' Expanding far The huge dusk, gradual, swallows up the plain, Vanish the woods — the dim seen river seems Sullen and slow to roll the misty wave, Even in the height of noon opprest, the sun Sheds weak Indistinct on earth, Seen through the turbid air, beyond the life Objects... | |
 | James Thomson - 1841 - 194 pages
...the plain ; Vanish the woods : the dim-seen river seems Sullen and slow to roll the misty wave. E'en in the height of noon oppressed, the sun Sheds weak and blunt his wide-refracted ray ; 720 Whence glaring oft, with many a broadened orb He frights the nations. Indistinct... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...and dreary. Thence expanding far, The huge dusk, gradual, swallows up the plain : Vanish the woods ; tubborn patience, ns wilh triple steel. Another part, in squadrons Ev'n in (lie height of noon opprest, the Sun 5heds weak, and blunt, his widc-rcfrartcd ray; Whence... | |
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