| Thomas Parnell - 1722 - 240 pages
...glimmering Fragments of a broken Sun, Banks, Trees, and Skies, in thick Diforder run, To clear this Doubt, to know the World by Sight, To find if Books, or Swains,...right ; (For yet by Swains alone the World he knew, : Whofe Feet came wand'ringo'er the nightly Dew) He quits his Cell ; the J?ilgr jm-Staff he bore, fix'dt^e... | |
| Muse - 1757 - 248 pages
...glimm'ring Fragments of a broken Sun, Banks, Trees, and Skies, in thick Diforder run. To clear this Doubt, to know the World by Sight, To find if Books or Swains...right ; (For yet by Swains alone the World he knew, Whofe Feet came wand'ring o'er the nightly" Dew) He quits his Cell ; the Pilgrim-Staff he bore, And... | |
| English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...glimm'ring fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. 5 To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains,...by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wand'ringo'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell, the pilgrim-staff" he bore, And fix'd the scallop... | |
| Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...glimmering fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains,...by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew,) He quits his cell ; the pilgrim -staff he bore, And fix'd the scallop... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...glimmering fragments of a broken sun , Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight. To find if books , or...by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell ; the Pilgrim-staff he bore , , j And fix'd the scallop... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...glimmering fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains,...by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew,) He quits his cell ; the pilgrim-staff he bore, And fix'd the scallop... | |
| Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...fragments of a broken sun, Banks , trees , and skies , in thick disorder run. To clear this doubt , to know the world by sight, To find if books or swains...knew, "Whose feet came wand'ring o'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell : the pilgrim-staff he bore , And fix'd the scallop in his hat before : Then with... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...glimm'ring fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains,...by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wand'ririg o'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell; the pilgrim-staff he bore, And fix'd the scallop... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...and skies, in thick disorder run. THE THE HERMIT. • sfti/ /-/ f'»"f ff>j / To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains,...yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet cauie wand'ring o'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell, the pilgrim-staff he bore, And fix'd the scallop... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...Edinburgh, Feb. 28, 1778. " You are at present busy amongst the English poets, preparing, for the publick instruction and entertainment, Prefaces, biographical...Whose feet came wand'ring o'er the nightly dew.)' 1 Dr. Percy, the Bishop of Dromore, humorously observed, that Levet used to breakfast on the crust... | |
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