| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 340 pages
...eclogue, without paying the tribute of admiration fo juftly due to the following nervous lines. " Whut if the lion in his rage I meet !— Oft in the duft I view his printed feet : U 3 And, And, fearful ! oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night,... | |
| William Collins - English poetry - 1781 - 200 pages
...murmurs, and the valley's pride, • Why think we thefe lefs pleafing to behold, Than dreary deferts, if they lead to gold ? " Sad was the hour, and lucklefs...I view his printed feet : And fearful ! oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger rous'd, he fcours the... | |
| English poetry - 1781 - 512 pages
...I bent my way t « O ceafe, ,my fears ! — all frantick as [ go, 4 When thought creates urmumber'd fcenes of woe. • What if the lion in his rage I...view his printed feet : « And, fearful ! oft, when Day's declining light • Yields her pale empire to the mourner Night, r By hunger rouz'd, he fcours... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...•' When firft from Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" O'Ceafe, my fears ! — all frantic as I'go,' When thought creates unnumber'd fcenes of woe, What...view his printed feet : And fearful •! oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger rous'd, he fcours^the... | |
| Periodicals - 1788 - 404 pages
...Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" O ceafe my fears '—All frantic as I go, When thought creates unnumberM fcenes of woe, What if the lion in his rage I meet!— — Oft in tb« dud I view his printed feet : And fearful ! oft, when day's declining light. Yields her pale empire... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 270 pages
...beautiful eclogue, without paying the tribute of admiration fo juftly due to the following nervous lines. " What if the lion in his rage I meet ! • Oft in the duft I view. his printed feet: And* And, fearful ! oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger... | |
| Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...hour, and lucklefs was the day, When firft from Schiraz' walls I bent my way ! O ccale, my tears ! all frantic as I go, When thought creates unnumber'd fcenes of woe. What if the lion in his rage I mect ! Oft in the duft I view his printed feet ; And, fearful ! ofr, when day's declining light Yields... | |
| James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 272 pages
...ceafe, my fears ! — all frantic as I go, ' When thought creates unnumber'd fcenes of woe. « What ' What if the lion in his rage I meet ! « Oft in the dull I view his printed feet : « And, fearful ! oft, when day's declining light ' Yields her pale... | |
| T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...way I" O ceafe, my fears!—all frantic as I go, When thought creates unnumber'd fcenes of woe, 50 What if the lion in his rage I meet !— Oft in the...duft I view his printed feet: And fearful! oft, when Day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner Night, By hunger rous'd, he fcours the... | |
| 1794 - 954 pages
...eclogue, without paying the tribute of admiration fo juttly due to the following nervous lines : I _ " What if the lion in his rage I meet '. Oft in the duft I view his printed feet : And, fearful! oftt when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger rous'd, hefcoursthe... | |
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