 | John Walker - 1811 - 554 pages
...mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from vit the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful fight.'' Here, we see, five Greek lines are paraphrastically expanded into twelve English, one line... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks...the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful Tight. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The... | |
 | 1812 - 1038 pages
...a yellower verdur« shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head; Then shine the vJes, the rucks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all...the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful lij " One word more on the Life <>f Garrick. — If those who thought if barren of busy materials,... | |
 | English literature - 1813 - 352 pages
...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays : The long... | |
 | James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1813 - 404 pages
...unnuaiber'd gild the glowing pole : 6'er the dark trees a yellow verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales ; the rocks...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Iliad VIII. I transcribed these lines, because Mr. Pope says, Ihey exibil, in the original, the finest... | |
 | Mrs. C. PHILIPPART - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - 1813 - 176 pages
...And let her then, by purest virtue led, Place the green wreath on thine anointed head. 90 CYNTHIA. " The conscious swains rejoicing in the sight, " Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.' within the sleeping wave, Lies the garish god of day ; Sea nymphs there his coursers lave, And dance... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1813 - 466 pages
..." Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, ~" A food of glory bursts from all the sloes: " The conscious swains rejoicing in the sight, , " Eye the blue vault, and blest the useful light ". * Thus likewise translated with great beauty of poetry^ and sufficient fidelity... | |
 | Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellow verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Pope's Homer. MADRIGAL for Three Voices. T. MORLEY.— 160C. away so fast my dear, From your true love... | |
 | Sir Charles Abraham Elton - English poetry - 1814 - 458 pages
...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole : O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head : Then shine the vales : the rocks...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. POPE. Of this passage, when it has been conceded that the cadence is harmonious, and that the fourth... | |
 | English literature - 1814 - 698 pages
...shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head: Then shine the vales : the rocks in prospect rite : A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious...•' Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. POPE. Preface, Vol. I. p. xxii. " A« u As beautiful the stars shine out in heaven .Around the splendid... | |
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O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and... 
