| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...beguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, The servants round stood ready at their call. The...the board, And much his sickness griev'd his worthy Shecall'd on Echo still through all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pages
...good, and tinge the hazy prospect with hopes and wishes and more charming fears. " But thou, oh Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail !" Whatever is placed beyond the reach... | |
| William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...beguiled, A sullen, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thnu, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong.... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pages
...good, and tinge the hazy prospect with hopes and wishes and more charming fears. " But thou, oh Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!" Whatever is placed beyond the reach... | |
| William Scott - 1825 - 382 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...would her touch the strain prolong ; And from the rodts, the woods, the vale* She call'd on Echo still through all her song : And where her sweetest... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...beguil'd, A soleum, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, fly, He lifts his silver gills above the flood, And...greedily sueks in th' unfaithful food ; Then downward pl seenes at distanee hail Г Still would her toueh the strain prolong, And from the roeks, the woods,... | |
| John Mason Good - 1826 - 454 pages
...pleasure, amidst the echo of surrounding and responsive rocks, and woods, and valleys. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her touch the strain prolong,... | |
| William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...appropriated to her : Relegat, qui semel percurrit ; Qui nunquam legit, legat. \ ' ' 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.... | |
| William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...have appropriated to her: Relegat, qui semel percurrit; Qui nunquam legit, legat. " 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,... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...beguil'd: A solemn, strange, and mingled air! 'Twas sad by fits — by starts 'twas wild. But thou, 0 Hope! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?...touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the wood, the vale, She call'd on Echo, still thro' all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose,... | |
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