As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild... Retrospective Review - Page 184edited by - 1821Full view - About this book
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...guilty race. The troops exulting f.it in order round, And beaming fires illumin'd all the ground ; As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night ! O'er heaven's clear azure fpreads herfacred li When not a breath difturbs the deep ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafts the folemn... | |
| British periodicals - 1822 - 688 pages
...has so finely translated, or rather paraphrased in the following lines: As when the moon, reful gent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her...Around her. throne the vivid planets roll, And stars nnnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip wiih silver... | |
| Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1796 - 386 pages
...And not a cloud o'ercafts the folemn fcene ; 690 Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And ftars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure fried, And tip with fllver ev'ry mountain's head; Then fhine the Vales, the rocks in profpedl rife,... | |
| English literature - 1797 - 496 pages
...ferene, And not a cloud o'ercalh the folcmn fcene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And ftars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure fhed, And tip with filver ev'ry mountain's head. Then ihme the vales, the rocks in profpcct rife, A... | |
| Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 842 pages
...ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafts the folemn fcene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And ftars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure fhed, And tipt with filver ev'ry mountains' head : Then fhine the vales, the rocks in profpe£t rife,... | |
| Joseph Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 604 pages
...ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafts the folemn fcene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And ftars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure fh.ed, And tipt with filver ev'ry mountains' head : Then Then fhine the vales, the rocks in profpeft... | |
| Richard Warner - Wales - 1800 - 396 pages
...instance has excelled his original: < r As when the moon, resplendent lamp of night, «' Q.er heaven.s clear azure spreads her sacred light, " When not a...roll, " And stars unnumber.d gild the glowing pole 5 " O.er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, " And tip with silver every mountain.s head; " There... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...scene ; not a Around her silver throne the planets glow, And stars nnnurnber'd trembling beams bestow ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole: Clear gleams of light o'er the dark trees are seen, o'er the dark trees a yellow sheds, O'er the dark... | |
| George Neville Ussher - English language - 1803 - 102 pages
...unveiled her peerlefs light, ' And o'er the dark her filver mantle threw.' MILTOS. IMPROPRIETIES. 95 ' As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, ' O'er heaven's clear azure fpreads her facred light, ' When not a breath difturbs the deep ferene, ' And not a cloud o'ercaft... | |
| William Butler - Astronomy - 1803 - 434 pages
...And not a cloud o'ercafls the folerr.n fcene : Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And liars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure med, And tip with filverev'ry mountain's head ; Then (hine the vales ; the rocks in profpeft rife ;... | |
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