 Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?  Elements of Criticism - Page 207by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1762Full view - About this book
 | James Beattie - Truth - 1771 - 588 pages
...icauft of. his eiifleoce : " Thcvn fnn, faid I, fair light f " And thou, enlighten'd earth, fo frefh'and gay ! " Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and...And, ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, " Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus, how here : " Not of myfelf ; by fome great Maker then, " In gocdne's... | |
 | James Beattie - Classical education - 1776 - 504 pages
...caufe of his exiftence : " Thou fun, faid I, fair light ! " And thou, enlighten'd earth, fo frelli and gay ! " Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods,..." And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, " Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus, how here : " Not of myfelf; by fome great Maker then, " In goodnefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 430 pages
...readily could name Whate'er I faw. Thou Sun, faid I, fair light, And thou inlighten'd Earth, fo frefh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and...Plains, And ye that live and move, fair Creatures tell, Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myfelf ; by fome great Maker then, In goodnefs... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1788 - 548 pages
...following examples. -Thou fun, faid I, fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, fo frefh and gay ! "Ve hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains ? And ye that live, and move, fair creatures ! tell, Tell if ye faw, how came I thus, how here. Paradife loft, book viii. 273. -Both have finn'd ! but thou... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 278 pages
...readily could name Whate'er I faw. Thou Sun, faid I, fair light, And thou inlighten'd Earth, fo frefh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and...And ye that live and move, fair Creatures ! tell, Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myfelf; by fome great Maker then, In goodnefs and... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...readily could name Whate'er I law. Thou Sun, faid I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, fo freftt and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains. And ye that live and move, fan- creatures tell, Tell if ye f»w, how came I thus, how here ; Not of myl. '.L ; by fome great Maker... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay; Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and...Plains, And ye that live and move, fair Creatures tell, 276" Tell if ye saw, how came I thus? how here ? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - Elocution - 1796 - 292 pages
...my heart o'erflow'd. « —Thou Sun," faid I, " fair light, " And thou enlighten'd earth, fo frefh and gay, " Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and..." And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, " Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus, how here?" Eve's addrefs to Adam, on his turning from her, after... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...immediately after his creation, " 0 ! thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay : Ye hills and vales, ye rivers, woods. and plains. And ye That live and move, fair creatures! tell. Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here." should look up to heaven. As all the passions are, in... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 600 pages
...amusing to the imagination : * Thou Sun,' said I, ' fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye I'n-.i live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus ? how here?' His next... | |
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