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" 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 118
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826
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The Jack O'lantern: (le Feu-follet;) Or, The Privateer

James Fenimore Cooper - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - 1843 - 452 pages
..., 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...colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 't is gone — and all is grey. C/iilde Harold. THE charms of the Tyrrhenian sea have been sung...
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Results of Reading

James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...came rushing on creation at the word of God. 6 God said — Let there be a cataract, and it was so. 7 A paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains...gasps away; The last still loveliest, till —'tis gone—and all is grey. 8 1 Charles Dickens (Notes on America). 2 Southey (Madoc). 3 Milton. 4 Cowper....
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A Voyage Round the World: And Visits to Various Foreign Countries in the ...

Fitch Waterman Taylor - Voyages around the world - 1843 - 676 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...mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like a dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new color, as it gasps away, The last etill loveliest, till...
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The Select Works of Mrs. Ellis: Comprising the Women of England, Wives of ...

Sarah Stickney Ellis - Marriage - 1843 - 554 pages
...celebrated in the poet's lay as an emblem of the glory which shines most conspicuously in the hour of death. -parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour, as it gaiipa away : The last still loveliest, till, — 'lis gone — und all ls gray !" BYRON. In fearful...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising ir. [Otic fe> a Tobacco Pipe.] [One of six imitations...of Ambrose Philips.] Little tube of mighty power, [Midnight Scene in Rome — the Coliseum.] [From 'Manfred.1] The stars are forth, the moon above the...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising perfection through the swelling year : And oft thy...hollow-whispering gales. Thy bounty shines in Autumn [Midnight Scene in Rome — the Colixum.] [From 'Manfred.1] The stars are forth, the moon above the...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors : to ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 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 gray. ROME. OH Rome! my country! city of the soul! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Loqe mother...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1844 - 110 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...colour, as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 't is gone — and all is gray. BYRON. THE PROPHECY OF CAPYS. Now slain is King Amulius, Of the...
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The universal class-book: a ser. of reading lessons

Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 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, Yet, while all admit how much nature has done for the Mediterranean, none will deny that, until very...
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The Quebec Guide: Comprising an Historical and Descriptive Account of the ...

Alfred Hawkins - Quebec (City) - 1844 - 234 pages
...outline of the mountains with a gorgeous splendour which sets the pencil of the artist at defiance. " parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang...loveliest, till — 'tis gone— and all is gray." But even the beautiful description of the poet fails to convoy an adequate idea of the brilliant appearance...
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