 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 412 pages
...glory bear ' Two courfers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-refounding III. 3. [Pace" Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts, that breathe, and words, that burn. But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! Lyre... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...Two couriers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-refounding III. 3. [PaceHark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts, that breathe, and words, that burn. But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! Lyre... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...our hearts allow, And what Timotheus was, is Drydcn now. to CHARACTER OF DRYDEN. ; AH oot or ORAY'S. BEHOLD, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...fields of glory bear, Two coursers of ethereal race, . CPaccWith necks in thunder clo.,th 'd, and long.resoundi ng Hark, hishands the lyre explore) 5 B.'ght-ey'd... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 438 pages
...tbie . hg are nr ant to exprefs the ftatily march and founding energy of Drjdcn's rhymes. G. IH. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er , Scatters from her pi&ur'd uin ™ Thoughts, that breathe, and words, that burn * But ah! 'tis heard no more— Oh ! Lyre... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...i. 20, 26, 28. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light [9], Clos'd his eyes in endless night (y), Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide...fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race (z), With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace (a). III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre... | |
 | Art - 1799 - 616 pages
...this country ? Gray gives a reprefentation of Faacf Your's,&c. LiBERHoMO. that feems quite original. Hark! his hands the lyre explore! > Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er Scatters from her piclur'd urn Thoughts, that breathe, and words, that burn. Progr. of Poefff There is fomething bold... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...sapphire blaze. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light [9], Clos'd his eyes in endless night (y). Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide...fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race (z), With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace (a). III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...of the r,lory of the Lord. J?ze*zWL20,2638. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light [8], Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's...fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race y, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resoundinj pace z. III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore... | |
 | William Pitt - 1804 - 330 pages
...that prophet, and with more than mortal rapture, exclaims, " The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, HE saw : but,...excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night." Surely the simple allusion to the loss of sight in Homer (the op6av«» ^ a^™) by Gray himself, or... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...hearts allow, And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now. CHARACTER OF DRYDEN. FROM GRAY'S PROGRESS OF POESY. BEHOLD, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! [pace. Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er,... | |
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Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. 
