Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 30
... bright orb th ' aspiring flame would join , But the vast distance mocks the fond design . If he , Almighty ! whose decree is fate , Could , to display his pow'r , subvert his state ; Bid from his plastic hand , a greater rise , Produce ...
... bright orb th ' aspiring flame would join , But the vast distance mocks the fond design . If he , Almighty ! whose decree is fate , Could , to display his pow'r , subvert his state ; Bid from his plastic hand , a greater rise , Produce ...
Page 328
... bright , Glistened with the dew of night ; Nor herb , nor floweret , glistened there , But was carved in the cloister - arches as fair . The monk gazed long on the lovely moon , Then into the night he looked forth ; And red and bright ...
... bright , Glistened with the dew of night ; Nor herb , nor floweret , glistened there , But was carved in the cloister - arches as fair . The monk gazed long on the lovely moon , Then into the night he looked forth ; And red and bright ...
Page 365
... bright ; Now doth a delicate shadow fall , Fall upon her like a breath , From some lofty arch or wall , As she passes underneath : Now some gloomy nook partakes Of the glory that she makes , — High - ribbed vault of stone , or cell With ...
... bright ; Now doth a delicate shadow fall , Fall upon her like a breath , From some lofty arch or wall , As she passes underneath : Now some gloomy nook partakes Of the glory that she makes , — High - ribbed vault of stone , or cell With ...
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