 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...his Sacred Melodies are beautiful exceptions to the truth of this remark. FROM PARADISE AND THE PERI. Now, upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of...glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon ; Whose head in wintry grandsur towers", And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers,... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - Devil - 1830 - 400 pages
...a Winter on his awful head, And lays the Summer laughing at his feet. __— " Lebanon ; Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet." — MOORE. NOTE, page 44. A Tyrant ! in whose passion for a power, Enthroned... | |
 | 1831 - 796 pages
...rose, for which that country has always been famous ; and hence called Suristan, or the Land of Roses. •Now upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes. Forster says, ' the rose Kashmire for its brilliancy and delicacy of odor has long been proverbial... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1832 - 706 pages
...— • holier far «Than ev'n Ibis sigh the boon must be »That opes the Gates of Heaven for thcc!» Now, upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of...glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon; Whose head in wintry grandeur towers And whitens wilh eternal sheet, While summer , in a vale of flowers... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1832 - 482 pages
...not — holier far " Than even this sigh the boon must be " That opes the Gates of Heaven for thee." Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses * Softly the light...glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON, Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - Danish literature - 1832 - 706 pages
...the boon must be «That opes the Gates of Heaven for thee ! Now, upon Syria's land of roses Soffly the light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon; "Whose head in wintry grandeur towers And whitens with eternal sheet, While summer, in a vale of flowers Is... | |
 | University of Oxford. Chancellor's Prizes - 1833 - 264 pages
...beauty and fragrance. - Verse 40. The first and severest shock occurred in the evening. Verse 47.— " Now upon Syria's land of roses " Softly the light of Eve reposes ; " And then the mingling sounds that come " Of shepherd's ancient reed, with hum " Of the wild bees of Palestine,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 pages
...this sight the boon must be That opes the gates of Heav'n for thee." Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses2 Softly the light of eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON ; Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers,... | |
 | George Coles - Apologetics - 1836 - 424 pages
...would, by a slip of the pen, probably, have written, instead of Lebanon, Mount Blanc, " Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet ; While summer, in a vale of flowers. Is sleeping rosy at his feet." And then the whole forgery would have been detected. But now, you may... | |
 | Alexander Crawford Lindsay Earl of Crawford - Edom (Kingdom) - 1838 - 396 pages
...preserving the pillars ; they, doubtless, were removed from the Great Temple. Thus much for Baalbec !(M) " Now upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of...glory, the broad Sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon, Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens in eternal sleet, While Summer, in a vale of flowers, Is... | |
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Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON ; Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at... 
