 | 1806 - 184 pages
...sounds, his grief heguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air, Twas sad hy fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy...hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong, And fifom the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still thro' all the song ; And where her sweetest... | |
 | Henrietta Rouvière Mosse - 1806 - 938 pages
...friends .are about, before their arrival. CHAP. CHAP. HL " But thou, oh Hope ! with eyes so &ir». What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd...promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance bail." JL IME, whose lenient hand blunts the keen edge of misery, softened the excruciating agony of... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...hand the strings. With woeful measures wan DESPAIR— Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd; But (iiuu. O HOPE ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted...measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks,... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...delightful measure ? Still it whisper' d promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail I Still would her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She eall'd on Echo still thro' all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...sounds his grief beguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by tits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy...prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...his grief beguil'd '; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy...prolong ; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still, through all the song ; And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled- air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ; Still...prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still thro' all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...receiving the object of them. Collins, in his Ode on the Passions, gives us a beautiful picture of Hope : But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy...prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...fancy have appropriated to her. Rclegat, qui semcl percurrit ; Qui uunquam legit, legal. " But thou, О Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure...prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Kcho still through all the song; And «here her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air, , 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. .But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still itwhisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her touch the... | |
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twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. 
