 | Thomas Moore - 1849 - 822 pages
...not — holier far " Than ev'n this sigh the boon must be " That opes the Gatee of Heav'n for thee." Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses Softly the light of...a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON ; pile, ilngi a melodious air of different harmonie! through hli fifty organ pipes, flaps his wings... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...the light of KVK reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangb 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 his feet. To one, who look'd from upper air O'er all th' enchanted regions there,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1851 - 918 pages
...not — holier far " Than ev'n this sigh the boon must be « That opes the Gates of Heav'n 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 tow'rs, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flow'rs,... | |
 | English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...the mountainous portal that opes, Sublime, from that valley of bliss to the world ! AN EASTERN SCENE. Now upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of...glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon : Whose head in wint'ry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...sands, which employs the inhabitants all summer in gathering it." Description of Tibtt in Pinkcrton. 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,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - Bible - 1851 - 348 pages
...great form of Lebanon, rising above the clouds, and covered with the cedars of God— " Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet; While summer in a vale of flowers, Is smiling rosy at his feet." Compared to these and others, Mount Sion was but a little hill—a mere... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...gathering it. Deieriptio" «/ Tibtt in Pinkerlon. Now, upon Syria's land of roses1 Softly the light of ove 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,... | |
 | Anna U. Russell - Elocution - 1853 - 580 pages
...long and wearisome search, and repeated failures, she finds it, at last, in the tear of penitence. Now, upon Syria's land of roses, Softly the light...— 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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...through endless years, One minute of Heaven is worth them all !" ***** Now, upon Syria's land of roses3 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,... | |
 | John Milton - Milton, John, 1608-1674 - 1853 - 380 pages
...including its juvenile and elderly efforts, may be described in Moore's words on Lebanon : — " Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet ; While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is smiling rosy at his feet." While the young will continue to prefer Comus, the more matured will... | |
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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... 
