 And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams, Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forth To watch thy...  The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White - Page 153by Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 495 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 248 pages
...thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign. And when its yeMow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child 'To bless the bow of God. , - f Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first made anthem rang On earth delivered from the deep, And... | |
 | American periodicals - 1821 - 370 pages
...Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. "When o'er the*green undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came...world's grey fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign. Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God. Methinks, thy juhilee to keep, The first-made... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! • Ireland my darling— Ireland forever. And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet...the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The tirst-made anthem rang, On earth delivered from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Waa woven in the sky. When o'er the green undeluged earlb. Heaven's covenant, thou didst shine, How came the...the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep. The first-made anthem rang, On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...beams Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant, thou didst shiue, How came the world's grey fathers forth To watch thy...the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang, On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green undelug'd heart Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's...watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smil'd O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child, To bless the bow of God. Methinks,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1835 - 258 pages
...sky. When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign. And when its...jubilee to keep, The first made anthem rang On earth delivered from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the Muse's eye Unraptured greet thy... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. i . When, o'er the green undelug'd earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came...fathers forth, To watch thy sacred sign ! And when thy yellow lustre smil'd O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child, To blow the bow... | |
 | Henry Duncan - Natural theology - 1836 - 430 pages
...this sublime and paternal declaration, in his address to the Rainbow:— When o'er the green undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came...mother held aloft her child, To bless the bow of God. ***** How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast,... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...the green undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forlh To watch thy sacred sign .' And when its yellow lustre...bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first mado anthem rang, On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the first pool sang. Nor ever shall the Muse's... | |
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