 | Alexander Pope, George Croly - 1835 - 312 pages
...Virgil, under the same disadvantage of a literal translation. — POPE. MESSIAH, A SACRED ECLOGUE. YE nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song : To heavenly...maids, Delight no more. O, thou, my voice inspire, 5 Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the bard begun : — A Virgin... | |
 | David Booth - English language - 1835 - 714 pages
...are so often allied to the sublime. The following examples will explain what we have now stated : " Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A virgin shall conceive, — a virgin bear a son ! From Jesse's root, behold a branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies. Th'... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...— oh ! happy to have given The unbroken heart's first fragrance unto Heaven! MRs. HEHANs. MESSIAH. YE nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song : To heavenly...maids, Delight no more. O Thou my voice inspire, Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the bard begun ; A Virgin shall... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...thoughts, might see how far the images and descriptions of the prophet are superior to those of the poet. YE nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song : To heavenly...maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire, Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the bard begun : A. Virgin shall... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1837 - 242 pages
...has since been deposited in the collection of a literary institution. MESSIAH, A SACRED ECLOGUE. 1 E nymphs of Sol'yma, begin the song : To heavenly themes...fountains and the sylvan shades, The dreams of Pindus and th' Aonian maids, Delight no more. O thou my voice inspire, Who touched Isaiah'st hallowed lips with... | |
 | David Booth - 1837 - 360 pages
...are so often allied to the sublime. The following examples will explain what we have now stated : " Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A virgin shall conceive, — a virgin bear a son ! From Jesse's root, behold a branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies. Th*... | |
 | 1838 - 500 pages
...JOHN RIcHARBS. 238 POETRY. THE MESSIAH.—BY POPB. Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song, To heav'nly themes sublimer strains belong. The mossy fountains, and the sylvan shades, The dreams of Pindus, and th' Aonian maids, Delight no more—O thou, my voice inspire, Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with... | |
 | Protestant association - 1853 - 406 pages
...those of Virgil, under the same disadvantages of a literal translation : — Ye Nymphs of Solyma I begin the song ; To heavenly themes sublimer strains...of Pindus, and the Aonian maids, Delight no more. Oh Thou my voice inspire, Who touch'd Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire. Rapt into future times, the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 814 pages
...these things, without being rapt into admiration of the infinite wisdom of the divine architect Cheynf. Rapt into future times, the bard begun, A virgin shall conceive, a virgin bear a son ! Pope. RAPA'CIOUS, adj. -\ Fr. rapace ; Lat. RAPA'CIOUSLY, adv. t rapar. Given to plunRAPA'CIOUSNESS,... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...BE BORN OF A VIRGIN. Gen. iii. 15. Isaiah vii. 14. Matt. i. 22—25. Luke i. 31, 34, 35. Gal. iv. 4. Rapt into future times, the bard begun, A virgin shall conceive, a virgin bear a Son! THE PLACE OF HIS BIRTH. Pope. Num. xxiv. 17, 19. Micah v. 2. Matt. ii. 4—6. Luke ii. 4, 7. John vii.... | |
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Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire ! . Rapt into future times, the bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's... 
