 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...beguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by tits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?...woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...'; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure...woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still, through all the song ; And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at ev'ry close... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled- air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ; Still...rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still thro' all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every... | |
 | John Walker - 1810 - 394 pages
...them. Collins, in his Ode on the Passions, gives us a beautiful picture of Hope : But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure...woods, the vale, She call'd on echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...appropriated to her. Rclegat, qui semcl percurrit ; Qui uunquam legit, legal. " But thou, О Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure...from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Kcho still through all the song; And «here her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice «... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still itwhisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her...woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pages
...Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure1 Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still would her...strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the rale, She call'd on Eclio still through all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pages
...beguil'd, iV solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'T was sad by fits, by starts 't was wild. But thon, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promi.-'d pleasure, And bade the lovely scene.-, at distance hail ! ill would her touch the strain... | |
 | William Collins - 1811 - 162 pages
...beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air; Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure...prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She calTd on Echo still, through all the song; And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...delighted measure ?. Still it whisper' d prOtnis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail f Still would her touch the strain prolong, And from...woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest thenve she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close,... | |
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twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She... 
