 in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale...  The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell - Page 101by Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1844 - 320 pages
...To bless the how of God How glorious is its ginjle, cast O'er mountain, tower, or town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young its beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in its beam. For, faithful to the sacred... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...poet's theme. The earth to lliee its incense yields, fields O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast A thousand fathoms down. As fresh in yon horizon dark, The snowy mushroom FpvingB. How glorious is thy girdle cast As young thy beauties seem, As when the... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1845 - 776 pages
...snowy mushroom springs. How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh...rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom The Sun himself... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...or one who was, as it were, inspired to sing of things permanently true—of things past, present, As when the eagle from the ark, First sported in thy...rebuilds thy span; Nor lets the type grow pale with age, That first spoke peace to man. THE THAMES. 1 Campbell. Where Thames among the wanton vallies strays:... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1845 - 312 pages
...mirrored in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! 12. As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young, thv beauties seem, AS when the eagle from the ark, First sported in thy beam. 13. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 pages
...snowy mushroom springs ! " How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or miiTor'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! " As...rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man."—p. 52—55. The beautiful verses on Mr. Kemble's retirement from... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English literature - 1846 - 696 pages
...snowy mushroom springs ! " How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! " As...rebuilds thy span, Nor let.s the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man."—p. 52—55. The beautiful verses on Mr. Kemble's retirement from... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Bible - 1846 - 396 pages
...snowy mushroom springs. How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down! As fresh...rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. Illustrations. Can all that optics teach, fyc. The science of optics... | |
 | Earth - 1846 - 176 pages
...Was woven in the sky. How glorious is thy girdle cast, O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh...rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age, That first spoke peace to man. Water is essential in the constitution of our globe ; without it,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...spring«! " How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain, lower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean va«, A thousand fathoms down ! " As fresh in yon horizon...sacred page. Heaven still rebuilds thy span. Nor lets thy type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man." PP. sa-«. The beautiful verses on Mr.... | |
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