Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON ; Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at... Sketch-book of Popular Geology - Page 147by Hugh Miller - 1872 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun 350 That opes the Gates of Heav'n for thee.' ll sense,— ua fraudulent approprintor of property,...I.—London. A Street leading to tke Tower. Enter Queen, a To one, who look'd from upper air O'er all the enchanted regions there, How beauteous must have been... | |
| Joseph Samuel Exell - 1885 - 786 pages
...their choic« of all the fields and wells of Palestine : — " From Egypt's river to the north, Where, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon...wint'ry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal state ; While summer, in a vale of flowers, Lies sleeping rosy at our feet." Avoid Contention I Ver.... | |
| Andrew Wilson - Himalaya Mountains - 1886 - 470 pages
...effect better than Moore's famous lines on sainted Lebanon — " Whose head in wintry grandeur towei% And whitens with eternal sleet ; While Summer, in...vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet." The great encircling walls of rock and snow contrast grandly with the soft beauty of the scene beneath.... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...ORENVILLE MELLEN. R PALESTINE. O\V, upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon,...in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet. To one who looked from upper air O'er all the enchanted regions there, How beauteous must have been... | |
| Sarah C. Winn - Poetry of places - 1889 - 112 pages
...dreams. James Montgomery SYRIA. Now upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon...in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet. And then, the mingling sounds that come, Of shepherd's ancient reed, with hum Of the wild bees of Palestine,... | |
| Religion - 1890 - 896 pages
...describe these details : — "Now, upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes ; And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon,...a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet." Nor are barren mountains utterly destitute of beaut}-. Their forms are often remarkable, their colouring... | |
| Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...the Gates of Heaven for thee." Now, upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon;...in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet. 1 n In the Hast, thev suppose the Phœnix, after living one thousand vears, builds himself a funeral... | |
| Joseph Samuel Exell, Thomas Henry Leale - Bible - 1892 - 756 pages
...their choice of all the fields and wells of Palestine : — " From Egypt's river to the north, Where, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon...wint'ry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal state ; While summer, in a vale of flowers, Lies sleeping rosy at our feet." Avoid Contention! Ver.... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1892 - 582 pages
...the Gates of Heav'n for thee." Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses Softly the light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON* ; Whose head in wintry grandeur tow'rs, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flow'rs, Is sleeping rosy at his... | |
| Harry Speight - Craven (England : District) - 1892 - 502 pages
...almost say of it, as Moore says of heaven-aspiring Lebanon, — " Its head in wintry grandeur tower?, And whitens with eternal sleet ; While Summer, in a vale of flowers, Is Bleeping rosy at its feet." We must now say something of the structure of the mountain, which, as remarked,... | |
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