 Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt - Page 118by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Fitch Waterman Taylor - Columbia (Frigate) - 1840 - 396 pages
...Aad now they change; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o 'er the mountains; parting day Dies like a dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour, as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till—'tis gone—and all is gray." Our worthy Master came up, and for once (I had never before seen... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon (be waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising And danced in isgrpv. XXX. There is a tomb in Arqua ; — rear'd in air, Pillar'd in their sarcophagus, repose The... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1842 - 318 pages
...heaven, which from afar Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they...still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is grey. Childe Harold. THE charms of the Tyrrhenian sea have been sung since the days of Homer. That... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Historical fiction - 1842 - 464 pages
...heaven, which from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they...still loveliest, till — .tis gone — and all is grey." Childe Harold. THE charms of the Tyrrhenian Sea have been sung since the days of Homer. That... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they...each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away/ TbelntBtffl loveliest, Ш1— 'tis gone— and all is gray. XXX. There is a tomb in Arqua ; — rear'd... | |
 | Trip - 1842 - 466 pages
...described them as occurring in Italy, with the feelings and language of a true poet. In conclusion, he says parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang...loveliest, till — 'tis gone— and all is gray. Childe Harold, cant. iv. Again, a fine tropical niy;ht is a glorious thing at all times, but never... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Geology - 1842 - 358 pages
...poet must hare observed. Byron tells us how " Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang embnes With a new colour, as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till— 'tis gone, and all is gray." Falconer, in anticipating, reversed the simile. The huge ani>ia vast deal of fighting sheerly for consuk:».... | |
 | Fitch Waterman Taylor - Voyages around the world - 1842 - 668 pages
...heaven, which from afar Conies down upon the waters ; all its hues From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow ."trews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like a dolphin, whom each pang imbues With... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 pages
...heaven, which, from afar ; Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they...loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray. There is a tomb in Arqua ; — rear'd in air, Pillar'd in their sarcophagus, repose The bones of Laura's... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...heaven, which, from afar Comes down upon the waters: all its hues. From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they...still loveliest, till— 'tis gone and all is gray. ROME. OH Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother... | |
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