Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles, Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied to our senses plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly... Notes and Queries - Pagina 3391872Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1898 - 496 pagina’s
...plain), Sees on the naked hill or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phcebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro, Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show." It may be guessed that Johnson and Boswell, in their tour to the Hebrides or Western Islands, saw nothing... | |
| 1899 - 334 pagina’s
...plain, Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The while in ocean Phœbus dips his wane, A vast assembly moving to and fro, Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show." —THOMPSON. 39 Often have I myself, while crossing some bleak moor, or traversing a lonely deserted... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pagina’s
...plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in Ocean Phoebus dips his wain A vast assembly moving to and fro, Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show. Near the pavilions where we slept, still ran Soft tinkling streams, and dashing waters fell, And sobbing... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pagina’s
...plain), Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro : Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show. . . . The doors, that knew no shrill alarming bell, Ne cursed knocker plied by villain's hand, Self-opened... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 pagina’s
...plain), Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly Shrines, where their vigils pale-eyed virgins keep, And pitying saints, ... The doors, that knew no shrill alarming bell, Ne cursed knocker plied by villain's hand, Self-opened... | |
| James Thomson - 1908 - 554 pagina’s
...plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro ; Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show. XXXI Ye gods of quiet, and of sleep profound, Whose soft dominion o'er this castle sways, And all the... | |
| George Campbell Macaulay - 1908 - 280 pagina’s
...plain), Sees on the naked hill or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phrebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro : Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show." Or Autumn's varied shades imbrown the walls : Now the black tempest strikes the astonish'd eyes ; Now... | |
| William Macneile Dixon - 1911 - 792 pagina’s
...on the naked hill or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly waving to and fro ; Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show. In the classical Seasons there are no more imaginative or romantic lines than these : Or, where the... | |
| Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh - 1916 - 100 pagina’s
...plain), Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro ; Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show. Many who are familiar with this simile have never been at the pains to remember, or enquire, what it... | |
| Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh - 1916 - 96 pagina’s
...plain), Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro; Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show. Many who are familiar with this simile have never been at the pains to remember, or enquire, what it... | |
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