... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale,... The Poems of William Collins - Page 58by William Collins - 1907 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 206 pages
...her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still thro' all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair. G 2 And longer had she sung, —... | |
| William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 198 pages
...the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still thro' allthe song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair. And longer had she sung,— but,... | |
| 1802 - 436 pages
...prospeft of happineis at a distance ; her exquisite influence over the mind is beautifully touched. " And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close." Delighted with her own power and her own execution, she " enchanted smil'd, and wav'd... | |
| William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...touch the strain prolong, And from the 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 every close, And Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair." In what an exalted light does the... | |
| William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 168 pages
...touch the strain prolong; And from the 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 every close ; And Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair. And longer had she sung ; — but,... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all her song: Aud where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close; And HOPE, enchanted, smil'd, and wavM her golden hair. And longer had she sung— hut,... | |
| Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song; And when her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted, smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair. And longer had she sung — hut,... | |
| 1806 - 184 pages
...touch the strain prolong, And fifom the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still thro' all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair. i And longer had she sung— but,... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She eall'd on Echo still thro' all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every closej And Hope enchanted smil'd, and view'd her golden hair j And longer had she sung — But... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale. She call'd on Echo still through all her song: And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close; And HOPE, enchanted, smil'J, and wav'd her golden hair. And longer had she sung—hut,... | |
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