 Heav'n's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?—...  The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: With a Memoir - Page 3by Thomas Campbell - 1866 - 427 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1799 - 614 pages
...futurity : ' At summer eve, when Heav'n's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sun-bright...summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowytint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? 'Tib distance lends enchantment... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1799 - 614 pages
...thofe cliffs of fhadowy tint appear More fiveet than all the landfcape fmiling near?— 'Tis diftance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain...its azure hue. ' Thus, with delight, we linger to furvey The promis'd joys of life's umne.'.fur'd way ; Thus, from afar, each dirn-difcover'd fcene More... | |
 | Books - 1799 - 618 pages
..."i "> Whose sun-bright summit mingles with, the jky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear A More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the TOW, V r. And robes the mountain in its azure hue..*:: '. lU • Thus, with delight, we linger to survey1... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1800 - 168 pages
...thofe cliffs of fhadowy tint appear More fweet than all the landfcape fmiling near ? — 'Tis Diftance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain...in its azure hue. Thus, with delight, we linger to furvey The promis'd joys of life's unmeafur'd way ; 10 Thus, from afar, each dim-difcover'd fcene More... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1801 - 170 pages
...thofe cliffs of fhadowy tint appear More fweet than all the landfcape fmiling near ?— 'Tis Diftance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure huei Aij Thus, with delight, we linger to furvey The promis'd joys of life's unmeafur'd way ; 10 Thus,... | |
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...PART I. AT summer eve, when Heav'n's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunbright...the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. B Thus, with delight, we linger to survey The promis'd joys of life's unmeasur'd way; Thus, from afar,... | |
 | James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...sun. " At summer's eye, when Heaven's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering scene below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliiis of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the ocean smiling near ? 'Tis distance lends enchantment... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1812 - 160 pages
...Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, "hose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear iMore sweet than all the landscape smiling near J'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robos... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1813 - 164 pages
...PART I. AT summer eve, when Heav'n's aerial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those clifts of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near?— 'Tis distance lends... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...HOPE. At summer's eve, when Heaven's ferial bow Spans with bright arch the glittering fields bolow, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sun-bright summit mingles with the sky t Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear Moretweet than all the landscape suiiling-near! 'Tis distance... | |
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