| James Wilson - Fishes - 1840 - 500 pages
...golden light, we hope not to offend. Indeed, we never heard of the God of Day complaining that — " The moon doth with delight, Look round her when the heavens are bare." And yet, who doubts that she, in common with ourselves, must ever shine only by borrowed lustre? We... | |
| England - 1840 - 880 pages
...rejoice when the blue concave is all her own, and not a cloud remains to checker its purity 1 — •• The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare." But now again does it not seem as if she were all uncertain in the path she was pursuing, and in need... | |
| Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...yore; Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more. II. The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose, The moon doth with defigbt Look round her when the heavens are bare ; Waters on a starry ni^ht Are beautiful and fair;... | |
| American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can sec no more. The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose,...birth ; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath pass'd away a glory from the earth. To me alone there came a thought of grief : A timely utterance... | |
| American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more. The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose,...doth with delight Look round her when the heavens arc bare ; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair ; The sunshine is a glorious birth ; But... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...neophytes shook their heads in deep conviction. The reciter's voice deepened in unction as he repeated, " The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare," and, unheeding the aside remark of the calmer sceptic that the last was rather a bare line, he proceeded... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...neophytes shook their heads in deep conviction. The reciter's voice deepened in unction as he repeated, " The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare," and, unheeding the aside remark of the calmer sceptic that the last was rather a bare line, he proceeded... | |
| Sharon Turner - Creation - 1844 - 452 pages
...yore. Turn wheresoever I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen, I now can see no more The rainbow comes and goes ; And lovely is the rose ; The moon doth, with delight, look round when the heavens are barn Waters on a Marry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious... | |
| American periodicals - 1874 - 990 pages
...no longer young, which says to us, — The things which I have seen I now can see no more, and,—' I know, where'er I go, That there hath past away a glory from the earth.* But what is flat and stale to us was intensely poetical to the youth of our world. The cup which we... | |
| William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...— Turn whereso'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more. п. The Rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the Rose,...That there hath past away a glory from the earth. in. Now, while the birds thus sing a joyous song, And while the young lambs bound As to the tabor's... | |
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