fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Elements of Criticism - Page 400by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819Full view - About this book
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...light On me, sole сачм- to thec of all this wo ; Me! me: —Thou sun, said I, fair light ! And tbou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains Î only just object of his ire. Paradise Lost, x. 930. In general, the language of violent passion... | |
| Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1824 - 514 pages
...— to speak I try'd, and forthwith spake. My tongue obey'd, and readily could name Whate'er I SAW. Thou sun, said I, fair light ! And thou, enlighten'd...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye can, how came I thus, how here , — Not of myself ; — by some great Maker then, In goodness and... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...spake ; My tongue obey'd, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou Sun, said I, fair light, And'thou wood. Lady. Nay, gentle shepherd, ill is lost that praise That is address'd ; Not of myself, by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent; Tell me how I may... | |
| Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 286 pages
...is very natural and amusing to the imagination. Thou sun, said 1, fair light, And thou enlighten'J earth so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers,...tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? His next sentiments, when, upon his first going to sleep, he fancies himself losing his existence,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...; to speak I tried, and forthwith spake ; My tongue obey'd, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd...Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, 275 And ye that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...; to speak I tried, and forthwith spake ; My tongue obey'd, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd...Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, 275 And ye that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...forthwith spak My tongue obey'd, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. ' Thou sun,' said I, ' fair Ugh Ami thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills,...and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that livu and move, fair creatures, tell, : Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Notof myself; by... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...; to speak I try'd, and forthwith spake ; .My tongue obey'd, and readily eould name Whste'er I saw. t mortgage her long searf and mantua gown ; Poor ereature, who, unheard-of, ereatures tell, Tell if ye saw, how eame -I thus, how here ; Not of myself, by some great Maker then,... | |
| Theology - 1825 - 398 pages
...then perused. - Thou sun, said F, fair light And thou enlightened earth, so freih and gay ; Ye lulls and dales, ye rivers, woods and plains, And ye that...and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw how 1 came thus, how here ? Not of myself;——————By some great Maker then, In goodness and in... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1825 - 278 pages
...supposed to prompt the personification of all the objects h» beheld, in order to procure information. Thou sun, said I, fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay,! Ye hills and d;>ls ye rivers, woods, and plams, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if you saw,... | |
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