 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
 | Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1814 - 254 pages
...with joy ray 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...plains, And ye that live, and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus, how here ?" CHAPTER CXXXIII. Srs's ADRISSTO Adam's upbraiding Eve... | |
 | William Roscoe - Art and society - 1817 - 90 pages
...common parent — . — • — " Thou sun, said I, fair light! And thou, enlightened 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 ? — Not of myself — by some GREAT MAKER, then, In goodness... | |
 | John Milton - 1817 - 214 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, Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 376 pages
...amusing to the imagination : '/Thou Snn,, said I, ' fair light, And ihon 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?, His next sentiment, when, upon his first going to sleep... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 378 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 that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus? how here?' His next sentiment, when, upon his first going to sleep... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 718 pages
...mortal sin. -Thou sun, said I, fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! Ye lulls and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures lull, Tell, if you saw, how came I thus, how here ? We shall give a remarkable fine example of this... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1820 - 388 pages
...to procure information. " - - - Thou Sun, said t, 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 you saw, how came 1 thus, how here ?• Schotium. These examples evince, that a great part,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...could name Whate'er I saw. ' Thou Sun,' said I, ' fair light, And thou enlightcn'd Earth, so fresh kin yti that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? — Not... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1822 - 594 pages
...readily could name What'er 1 saw. Thou Sun, said I, fair light ! And tbou, 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 can, how came I thus, how here;— Not of myself ; — by some great Maker then, In goodness... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...could name Whate'er I saw. ' Thou Sun ! (said I,) fair light, And thou eulighten'd Earth! so fresh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales! ye Rivers, Woods, and...And ye that live and move, fair Creatures ! tell, Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and... | |
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