 | 614 pages
...eternal day ; We saw thine eyes break from the east, Andchasethe trembling shades away We saw thee and we blest the sight ! We saw thee by thine own sweet light ! Tityrus. I saw the curl'd drops soft and slow, Come hovering o'er the place's head, Offring their... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1839 - 388 pages
...day ! We saw thine eyes break from the east, And chase the trembling shades* away : We saw thee, and we blest the sight, We saw thee by thine own sweet light. * By Mr. Campbell. She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her kisses in thy weeping eye ; She spreads... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - Engelse digkuns - 1858 - 384 pages
...day ; We saw Thine eyes break from the East, And chase the trembling shades away : We saw Thee, and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. TITYBUS. Poor world, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger? Is this the best... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...day ; We saw Thine eyes break from the East, And chase the trembling shades away ; We saw Thee, and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. TITYRUS. Poor world, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger? Is this the best... | |
 | English poetry - 1865 - 238 pages
...day ; We saw Thine eyes break from the east, And chase the trembling shades away : We saw Thee, and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. Poor world, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger ? Is this the best thou can'st... | |
 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 260 pages
...day ; We saw Thine eyes break from the east, And chase the trembling shades away : We saw Thee, and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. Poor world, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger ? Is this the best thou can'st... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1880 - 1108 pages
...day ; We saw thine eyes break from the east, And chase the trembling shades away : We saw thee, and ed its vain alarms, And baby slept. Again it weeps, And G Poor world, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger? Is this the best thou canst... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - 1887 - 116 pages
...We saw Thine eyes break from their East, And chase the trembling shades away. 75 We saw Thee : and we blest the sight, We saw Thee, by Thine Own sweet light. Chorus. — We saw Thee, &c. FULL CHORUS. Welcome, all wonders in one sight ! Eternity shut in a span... | |
 | Harrison Smith Morris - Christmas - 1891 - 268 pages
...day ! We saw thine eyes break from their East And chase the trembling shades away ; We saw thee, and we blest the sight, We saw thee by thine own sweet light. CHORUS. — We saw thee, etc. Full Chorus. Welcome, all wonder in one sight, Eternity shut in a span,... | |
 | 1891 - 884 pages
...Day. We saw Thine eyes break from theirs East, And chase the trembling shades away ; We saw Thee (and we blest the sight), We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light. If the beauty of sacred verso in tho seventeenth century is almost invariably marred with conceits,... | |
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By those sweet eyes' persuasive powers, Where he meant frost, he scattered flowers. Chorus : By those sweet eyes', etc. BOTH : We saw Thee in Thy balmy nest, Young dawn of our eternal Day ! We saw Thine eyes break from their East, And chase the trembling... 
