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" O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and... "
The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 189
edited by - 1806
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The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 1

1824 - 596 pages
...the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. JUiail, Bmk Bit.. Oh ! happy state, when souls each other draw, When love is liherty, and nature law...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn: With a Letter to a ...

Charles Butler - Authors, English - 1824 - 368 pages
...the glowing polo, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head, Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect...skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, An excuse for the ornaments, with which Pope luis studiously attempted to set off his translation,...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...yellower »erdure shed, And tip with silver every roooouin's head; Then shine the vales, the rock* in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all...swains rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and ties* the useful light. Milton's description, we see, leaves off, where Homer's begins; and though...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 7

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 384 pages
...the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect...from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing iu the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Dion blaze....
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...vales, the rocks in prospect ri^e, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious strains rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Milton's description, we see, leaves off, where Homer's begins; and though the quotation is somewhat...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the English poets (cont ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long...
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The Whole Works of the Rev. James Hervey: In Six Volumes, Volume 1

James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1825 - 396 pages
...the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head: Then shine the vales; the rocks in prospect...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. — Iliad v iii. I transcribe these lines, because Mr Pope says they exhibit, in the original, the...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 pages
...glowing pole , O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head j Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise,...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays; The long reflections...
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The Hearts of Steel: An Irish Historical Tale of the Last Century, Volume 1

James M'Henry - Ireland - 1825 - 348 pages
...yellower verdure shed, And tipt with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks ii\ prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the...sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light. ILIAD, Book viii. " Poetry never painted the scenery of such a night as this in more glowing and accurate...
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