In that fair Clime, the lonely Herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter... A history of Greece - Page 15by Frederick Arnold - 1871 - 500 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1814 - 476 pages
...the unenlightened Swains of pagan Greece. — In that fair Clime, the lonely Herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music...Which his poor skill could make, his Fancy fetched, Even from the blazing Chariot of the Sun, A beardless Youth, who touched a golden lute, And filled... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1815 - 702 pages
...elegantly imagined. ' In that fair Clinic, the lonely Herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through lialf a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent repose...Which his poor skill could make, his Fancy fetched, Even from the Wasting Chariot of the Sun, A beardless Youth, who touched a golden lute, .Mid filled... | |
| English literature - 1815 - 698 pages
...clime the lonely herdsman, stretch'd On the soft grass through half a summer's day With music lull'd his indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanc'd to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill could make, his... | |
| 1815 - 670 pages
...of Grecian fables is thus elegantly imagined. In that fair Clime, the lonely Herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent reposo : And, in some fit of weariness, if he When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 648 pages
...that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched ' On the soft grass through half a summer's day, 4 With music lulled his indolent repose : ' And, in some fit of weariness, if he * When bis own breath was silent, chanced to hear ' A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds 4 Which... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1819 - 388 pages
...most fanciful and graceful of superstitions. — In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music...Which his poor skill could make, his fancy fetched, Even from the blazing chariot of the sun, A beardless youth, who touched a golden lute, And filled... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1819 - 396 pages
...most fanciful and graceful of superstitions. — In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music...Which his poor skill could make, his fancy fetched, Even from the blazing chariot of the sun, A beardless youth, who touched a golden lute, And filled... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1820 - 596 pages
...that fair clime, the lonely hersdman stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, Wiih music lulled his indolent repose : And in some fit...distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which hie poor skill could make, his fancy fetched, Even from the blazing chariot of the sun, A beardless... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1820 - 532 pages
...most fanciful and graceful of superstitions. — In that fairclitnc, the lonely herdsman stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music...some fit of weariness, if he, . When his own breath waa silent, chanced to bear A distant i-train, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill could... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 456 pages
...the unenlightened Swains of pagan Greece. — In that fair Clime, the lonely Herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music...Which his poor skill could make, his Fancy fetched, Even from the blazing Chariot of the Sun, A beardless Youth, who touched a golden lute, And filled... | |
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