 An ebon mass : methinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge ! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! 0 dread and silent Mount ! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense,...  Principles of elocution - Page 98by William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837Full view - About this book
 | George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1850 - 448 pages
...had he allowed the beauties of nature to slide into his soul, and to blend with his thoughts — " Like some sweet beguiling melody; So sweet, we know not we are listening to it." Another phase of this romantic tendency was his extreme attachment to the society of cultivated females,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1850 - 396 pages
...had he allowed the beauties of nature to slide into his soul, and to blend with his thoughts — " Like some sweet beguiling melody; So sweet, we know not we are listening to it." Another phase of this romantic tendency was his extreme attachment to the society of cultivated females,... | |
 | William Edward Baxter - Europe, Central - 1850 - 412 pages
...excepted, the most sublime, awe-inspiring mountain we have ever seen. " O ! dread and silent Mount, I gazed upon thee Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from ray thought : entranced in prayer I worshipped the Invisible alone." But we anticipate ; for, in the... | |
 | Cam river - English poetry - 1851 - 380 pages
...thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! 0 dread and silent Mount! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily...listening to it, Thou the meanwhile wast blending with my thought, In album Jïlontem. Die quibus illecebris, mágico quo carmine flectis Luciferum prono in... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...gaz'd upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought: entranc'd in prayer, 1 worshipped the Invisible alone. Yet,...to it, Thou, the meanwhile, wast blending with my thought, Yea, with my life, and life's own secret joy; Till the dilating soul, enrapt, transfusM, Into... | |
 | English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish, from my thought : entranc'd in prayer, 1 worshipp'd the Invisible alone. Yet, like some sweet beguiling...to it, Thou, the meanwhile, wast blending with my thought, Yea, with my life and life's own secret joy, Till the dilating Soul, eiirapt, transfus'd Into... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity! 0 dread and silent Mount! I gazed upon thee Till thou, still present to the bodily...Didst vanish from my thought: entranced in prayer 1 worshiped the Invisible alone. Yet like some sweet beguiling melody, So sweet we know not we are listening... | |
 | Henry Drury - English poetry - 1851 - 386 pages
...thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! O dread and silent Mount ! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily...Didst vanish from my thought : entranced in prayer I worshipped the Invisible alone. Yet, like some sweet beguiling melody, So sweet, we know not we are... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! O dread and silent mount! I gaz'd upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought: entrane'd in prayer, 1 worshipped the Invisible alone. Yet, like some sweet beguiling melody, So sweet,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity. O dread and silent mount ! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily...to it, Thou, the meanwhile, wast blending with my thought, Yea, with my life, and life's own secret joy, — Till the dilating soul, enrapt, transfused,... | |
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