 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...But thou, O hope ! with eyes so fare, What was thy delighted measure 1 Still it whisper'd, promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes "at distance...rocks, the woods, the vale, She- call'd on Echo still through all the song : And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 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...bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would ber touch the strain prolong ; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...Bntthou, О Hope, with eres so fair, What was thy delighted measure '.' Still it whisner'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her touch the «train prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the rale, She call'd on Echo still through all the... | |
 | William Collins - Poems - 1828 - 108 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 ? . E 2 Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bad the lovely scenes at distance hail '. Still would... | |
 | William Collins - 1828 - 104 pages
...Fair, if never Her rash hand with vain endeavour. — Poetical Character. And the'second of these— But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ?•— The Passions. Such passages (and many others are like them) might also serve to exempt his... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1828 - 540 pages
...pleasure, amidst the echo of surrounding and responsive rocks, and woods, and valleys. Bot thou, О Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure '/ Still it whieper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely reçue« at distance liaii. Still would her touch... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 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...prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She calfd on Echo still through all her song : And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...wild. But thou, O Hopo ! with eyes so fair, What wa? thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised occasion, did he ever fail himself, but told them, • called on Echo still through all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | William Collins, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Sir Egerton Brydges, John Langhorne - English poetry - 1830 - 234 pages
...pleasure and fancy have appropriated to her: Relegat, qui semel percurrit ; Qui nunquam legit, legat. " 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 - 1830 - 240 pages
...fancy have appropriated to her: Relegat, qui semel percurrit ; Qui nunquam legit, legat. " But thou, 0 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,... | |
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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? 
