 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...  Parliamentary Papers - Page 372by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1853Full view - About this book
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 216 pages
...my stripling years! * The Cathedral. HOPE, ALLEGORICAL SKETCH, OH RECOVERING SLOWLY FROM SICKNESS. " But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, , " What was thy delighted measure ! " Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, " And bid the lovely scenes at distance hail." COLLINS. MOST REVEREND... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 208 pages
...stripling years ! » The Cathedral. • HOPE, AM ALLEGORICAL SKETCH, ON RECOVERING SLOWLY FROM SICKNESS. " But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, " •What was thy delighted measure ? " Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, " And bid the lovely scenes at distance hall." COLLINS. MOST KF.VKUr.Nr>... | |
 | William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 198 pages
...grjcf beguil'd, A sullen, 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 ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still would her touch the... | |
 | William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 206 pages
...sounds his grief bcguil'd, A sullen, 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 ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...his grief 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 ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 168 pages
...pleasure and fancy have appropriated to her. Relegat, qui semel percurrit j Qui nunquam legit, legat. " But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, / What was thy delighted measure I Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...the strings. With woeful measures wan DESPAIK — Low sullen sounds his grief heguil'd ; But thon, O HOPE! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still wouhl her touch the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail I Still would her touch the strain prolong, And from the 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... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...sounds his grief heguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mmgled air, 'Twassad hy fits, hy starts 'twas wild, But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair. What was thy delighted measure ; Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail I Still would her touch the... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...delightful measure ? Still it whisper' d promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail I Still would her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She eall'd on Echo still thro' all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive... | |
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