 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1811 - 702 pages
...strenuous sight Till tliou hast reached its orb of chrysolite. The sail, from end to end displayed, Bent, like a rainbow, o'er the maid. An angel's head,...visual eye, Through trackless space directs its chosen w»y. Nor aid of wing, nor foot, nor fin, Heqiiires to voyage o'er the obedient sky. Smooth as the... | |
 | English literature - 1811 - 596 pages
...sail from end to end display'd Bent like a rainbow o'er the maid. An angel's head, with visual eye,-f Through trackless space directs its chosen way; Nor....Through air and sunshine sails the Ship of Heaven.' C. tii. But we apprehend that there is no quality by which Mr. Scuthey's poetry will so strongly, or... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 288 pages
...underneath the sail, and sing before its way. 2. That Bark, in shape, was like the furrowed shell \Vherein the Sea-Nymphs to their parent-king, On festal day,...Through air and sunshine sails the Ship of Heaven. 3. Recumbent there the Maiden glides along On her aerial way, How swift she feels not, though the swiftest... | |
 | Classical philology - 1818 - 426 pages
...lh' obedient bark. So also in the Curse of Kehama, vu. St. 2. An angel's head, with visual eye, Thro' trackless space, directs its chosen way ; Nor aid...nor fin, Requires to voyage o'er the obedient sky. XXIX. Southey, in his preface to Amadis of Gaul, p. xvii. says : " It is dangerous to attempt subjects... | |
 | Robert Southey - English literature - 1829 - 806 pages
...strenuous Mj;ht Till i!i" u hast reacli'd its orb of chrysolite. Tbe sail from end to end disphy'd Ucutf like a rainbow, o'er the Maid. An Angel's head, with visual eye, Through trackless space, directs it.« chosen »ay; Nor aid of wing, uor foot, uor fin, Iloquircs to voyage o'er the obedient sky. Smooth... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1835 - 1138 pages
...Wherein the sea-nymphs to their parent-king, On festal day, their duteous offering bring. Its hue 7 — Go watch the last green light Ere evening yields the...stream, Through air and sunshine sails the ship of hoavcn. " Recumbent there the maiden glides along On her aerial way, ow swift she feels not, though... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...thy strenuous sight Till thou hast reach'd its orb of chrysolite. The sail from end to end display'd An Angel's head, with visual eye, Through trackless...Through air and sunshine sails the Ship of Heaven. 3. Recumbent there the Maiden glides along On her aerial way, How swift she feels not, though the swiftest... | |
 | Sarah Margaret Ossoli (march.) - 1846 - 182 pages
...strenuous sight Till thou hast reached its orb of chrysolite. The sail, from end to end displayed, Bent, like a rainbow, o'er the maid ; An angel's head...Through air and sunshine sails the ship of heaven." Southey professes to have borrowed the description of the Glendoveer from an old and forgotten book.... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - American literature - 1846 - 380 pages
...strenuous sight Till thou hast reached its orb of chrysolite. The sail, from end to end displayed, Bent, like a rainbow, o'er the maid ; An angel's head...Through air and sunshine sails the ship of heaven." Southey professes to have borrowed the description of the Glendo veer from an old and forgotten book.... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - American literature - 1852 - 364 pages
...strenuous sight Till thou hast reached its orb of chrysolite. The sail, from end to end displayed, Bent, like a rainbow, o'er the maid ; An angel's head...Through air and sunshine sails the ship of heaven." Southey professes to have borrowed the description of the Glendoveer from an old and forgotten book,... | |
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Bent, like a rainbow, o'er the Maid. An Angel's head, with visual eye, **» Through trackless space, directs its chosen way ; Nor aid of wing, nor foot, nor fin, Requires to voyage o'er the obedient sky. Smooth as the swan when not a breeze at even Disturbs... 
