 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pages
...unknown good, and tinge the hazy prospect with hopes and wishes and more charming fears. " But thou, oh Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!" Whatever is placed beyond the reach... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...his grief beguil'd : A solemn, strange, and mingled air : 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, "** *>• What...would her touch the strain prolong ; And from the rodts, the woods, the vale* She call'd on Echo still through all her song : And where her sweetest... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...sounds, his grief beguil'd, A soleum, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. rs of the floating fly, He lifts his silver gills...greedily sueks in th' unfaithful food ; Then downward pl seenes at distanee hail Г Still would her toueh the strain prolong, And from the roeks, the woods,... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy...rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still, through all her song ; And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...sounds—his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad, by fits—by starts, 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy...rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all her song. And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1826 - 454 pages
...prospective pleasure, amidst the echo of surrounding and responsive rocks, and woods, and valleys. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her touch the strain prolong,... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...sounds his grief beguil'd; A solemn, strange, and mingled air; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? 30 Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still would... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? 30 Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...his grief beguil'd: A solemn, strange, and mingled air! 'Twas sad by fits — by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy...touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the wood, the vale, She call'd on Echo, still thro' all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...beguil'd: A solemn, strange, and mingled air! 'Twas sad by fits — by starts 'twas wild. But thou, 0 Hope! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?...touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the wood, the vale, She call'd on Echo, still thro' all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose,... | |
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A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? 
