 | William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 216 pages
...my stripling years! * The Cathedral. HOPE, ALLEGORICAL SKETCH, OH RECOVERING SLOWLY FROM SICKNESS. " But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, , " What was...measure ! " Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, " And bid the lovely scenes at distance hail." COLLINS. MOST REVEREND WILLIAM, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, IN GRATITUDE... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 208 pages
...stripling years ! » The Cathedral. • HOPE, AM ALLEGORICAL SKETCH, ON RECOVERING SLOWLY FROM SICKNESS. " But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, " •What was...measure ? " Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, " And bid the lovely scenes at distance hall." COLLINS. MOST KF.VKUr.Nr> WILLIAM ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, IV GRATITUDE... | |
 | 1802 - 436 pages
...Despair is known by the tones of his instrument. " Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd, A solemn, strange and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild." The pifture of Hope is most enchanting and insinuating ; as the firm and only friend of the oppressed,... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...the strings. With woeful measures wan DESPAIK — Low sullen sounds his grief heguil'd ; But thon, 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 wouhl her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks,... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...Despair . " With WMiul measure wan Despair—* •» Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild." He must be a very unskilful composer who could' not catch the power of imitative harmony from these*... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 168 pages
...particularly of Despair : " With woful measure wan DespairLow sullen sounds his grief beguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild." He must be a very unskilful composer who could not catch the power of imitative harmony from these... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...Despair.— Low sullen sounds his grief heguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mmgled air, 'Twassad hy fits, hy starts 'twas wild, But thou, O Hope, with eyes so...measure ; Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail I Still would her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...the strings. With woeful measures wan Despaii — L.OW sullen sounds his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ! 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hrpe ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And... | |
 | 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,... | |
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twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail... 
