 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
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...first the combat sought, A wealthy priest, but rich without a fault. Conclusion of Book VIII. v. 687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's...; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rooks in prospect rise, A flood of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 406 pages
...fault. Conclusion of Book VIII. v. 687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's cleat azure spreads her sacred light ; When not a breath...: O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head : Then shine the vales — the rocks in prospect rise, A flood... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...his harmless marmot. ORIGINAL, MOONLIGHT WHEN the fair moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heav'n's clear azure spreads her sacred light ; When not a...scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And Btars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with... | |
 | 492 pages
...when the nioon, refulgent lamp of night, t , O'er Heav IT'S clear azure sheds her sacred light, Where not. a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene, i' ,.\\'\, ji< ] o Tin // Pi. .• : . t • . Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 404 pages
...rising morn. As when in stillness of the silent night, As when the moon in all her lustre bright : As when the moon refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure sheds her silver light; pure spreads sacred As still in air the trembling lustre stood, And o'er its... | |
 | Books - 1821 - 398 pages
...bright turrets show'd. A thousand courts of guard kept fires; and every guard allow'd Fifty stout men, by whom their horse eat oats and hard white corn,...pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 pages
...bright turrets show'd. A thousand courts of guard kept fires ; and every guard allow'd Fifty stout men, by whom their horse eat oats and hard white corn,...pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of... | |
 | Books - 1821 - 400 pages
...whom their horse eat oats and hard white corn, And all did wilfully expect the silver-throned morn." _ Chapman. " The troops exulting sat in order round,...pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 336 pages
...riooTot Se T iiJerai acrpa' yeyiifie Se re ^pevot iroipriv. IL. viii. 555. As whcn the moon, refulge-.it lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her...; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...splendid set of verses. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heav'n's clear azure sheds her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep...Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unmimber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver... | |
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