| Christopher Smart - English poetry - 1752 - 264 pages
...thofe attain'd, we tremble to furvey The growing labour of the lengthcn'd way, Th' increafing profpect tires our wond'ring eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arife ! 235 -f- A perfect judge will read each work cf wit With the fame fpirit that its author wrir,... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...pleas 'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, 223 Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread t!ie sky ; Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds...But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; z5o Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes, Hills peep o'er... | |
| 1798 - 618 pages
...try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; TV eternal snows appear already past, And thje first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th" increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes, Hills peep o'er hills,... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky; Th' eternal snows appear already pait, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ;...But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; TV increasing prospect — tires our wand'ring eyes, Hills peep o'er... | |
| 1802 - 442 pages
...So pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky. The eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds...But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; Th' increasing prospect tires our wandering eyes, Hills peep o'er hills,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, 22S Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ! Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds...But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; 230 Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes, Hills peep o'er... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...So pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky; Th' eternal snows appear already past , And the first clouds and mountains seem the last: But, those alrain'd , we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; Th' increasing prospect... | |
| James Wilson - Law - 1804 - 494 pages
...pleas'd, at first, the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the skjr. Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But these attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; Th' increasing prospect... | |
| English literature - 1805 - 590 pages
...So pleas'd it first, the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky . Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds...But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way : Th'encreasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes; Hills peep o'er hills,... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...So pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds...But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; Th' * Ver. 196. TV increasing prospect tires our wand'ringeyes; Hills... | |
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