But hail! thou Goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's... Beauties of the British Poets ... - Page 68by George Croly - 1850 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divincst of God, pronounc'd starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...the sunbeams ; Or likest hovering dreams. The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy...esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, IL PENSEROSO. But, hail ! thou goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy !...esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...the sunbeams ; Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou re wi starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...the sunbeams ; Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail ! thou goddess, sage and holy, Hail ! divinest Melancholy...our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's line ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou аз life itself forsakes not me. [Poetry and Poet*.]...d:>before the man ; for when we once fall in love U'crlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...sunbeams ; B Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy!...as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, 9 N 2 Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...sunbeams; s Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy!...as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, 9 Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 372 pages
...sunbeams ;8 Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy...but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem,9 Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners2 of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy...hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister3 might beseem ; Or that starred Ethiop queen4 that strove To set her beauty's praise above The... | |
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