 Thames' translucent wave Shines a broad mirror through the shadowy cave ; Where lingering drops from mineral roofs distil, And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill ; Unpolish'd gems no ray on pride bestow, And latent metals innocently glow ; Approach....  Bentley's Miscellany - Pagina 1451839Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 pagina’s
...roofs distil, And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill ; Unpolish'd gems no ray on pride bestow, 5 And latent metals innocently glow; Approach. Great...without a wish for gold. Approach ; but awful ! lo ! th' ^gerian Grot, Where, nobly pensive, St. John sat and thought ; 10 Where British sighs from dying... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pagina’s
...roofs distil, And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill ; Unpolish'd gems no ray on pride bestow, 5 And latent metals innocently glow ; Approach. Great...without a wish for gold. Approach ; but awful ! lo ! th' jEgerian Grot, Where nobly pensive, St. John sat and thought, 10 Where British sighs from dying... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pagina’s
...from mineral roofs distill, And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill, Unpolish'd gems no ray on pride bestow, And latent metals innocently glow :...behold! And eye the mine- without a wish for gold. * The improving and finishing this Grotto, was the favourite amusement of Mr. Pope's declining years... | |
 | Peter Pindar - 1804 - 176 pagina’s
...from mineral roofs distill, And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill, Unpolish'd gems no ray on pride bestow, And latent metals innocently glow :...behold! And eye the mine without a wish for gold. * The improving and finishing this Grotto, was the favourite amusement of Mr. Pope's declining years;... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagina’s
...kerne, when he M'as eighty years old. In the former is a passage of a striking and awakening solemnity : Approach ! great Nature, studiously behold And eye the mine, without a wish for gold ! Approach, but aweful ! Lo, th' ./Egerian grot, Where nobly pensive St. John sate and thought ; Where British sighs... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pagina’s
...a wish for gold ! Approach, but avveful ! Lo, th' JEgerian grot, Where nobly pensive St. John sate and thought; Where British sighs from dying Wyndham * stole, And the bright flame was shot thro' Marchmoni's soul. In * Who was one of the most able and eloquent of that respectable body of... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pagina’s
...studiously bebold I And eye the mine, without a with fur gold. Approach ; but awful ! lo ! th' iEgerian Grot, Where, nobly pensive, St. John sat and thought;...Wyndham stole, And the bright flame was shot through Marchmom's soul. Let such, such only, tread this sacred floor, Who dare, to love their country, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pagina’s
...And eye the mine without a wish for gold. Approach; hut awful! lo ! the' ^gerian grot, "Where, nohly pensive, St. John sat and thought, Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole, And the hright flame was shot through Marchmont's soul. Let such, such only, tread this sacred floor, Who dare... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pagina’s
...ray on pride hestow, * And latent metals innocently glow; Approach. Great nature studiously bohold! And eye the mine without a wish for gold. Approach ; but awful ! Jo ! th' ^Egerian grot, Where, nobly pensive, St. John sat and thought, 10 Where British si»hs frdta... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pagina’s
...from mineral roofs distil, And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill ; Unpolish'd gems no ray on pride bestow, And latent metals innocently glow; Approach....without a wish for gold. Approach; but awful! lo ! the' Algerian grot, Where, nobly pensive, St. John sat and thought, Where British sighs from dying Wyndharu... | |
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