 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...beguil'd, iV solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'T was sad by fits, by starts 't was wild. But thon, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promi.-'d pleasure, And bade the lovely scene.-, at distance hail ! ill would her touch the strain... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...his grief heguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, ' T was sad hy tits, hy starts 't was wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure1 Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still would... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 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 it whisperM promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail,. Still would her touch the... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...hurried hand the strings. "With woeful measures wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd; But thou, O Hope with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ?. Still it whisper' d prOtnis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail f Still would her touch... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...his grief beguil'd : A solemn, strange and mingled air : "Tvvas 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 her song1 : And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...his grief beguiled ; 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 it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail I1 Still would her touch the strain... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 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 her song : And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | William Collins - 1815 - 118 pages
...grief hegnil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air : 'Twas sad hy fits, hy starts 'twas wild. Bnt thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure 1 Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...sounds 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...touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the wood?, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose,... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...write poetime to produce its proper impression. try." Never. More of the charm of poetical rythm " 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 throngh all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
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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. 
