I've lingered to enjoy its solemn tones, Till the broad moon, that rose o'er Olivet, Stood listening in the zenith ; yea, have deemed Viols and heavenly voices answered him. Tarn. But these— Had. Were we in Syria, I might say The naiad... Hadad: A Dramatic Poem - Page 35by James Abraham Hillhouse - 1825 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - American periodicals - 1825 - 502 pages
...fingers. Had. When? '/'/(•/. Now, as thou eainest. Had. 'Tis but thy fancy, wrought To ecstacy ; or else thy grandsire's harp Resounding from his tower...the fount, or some sweet Nymph, The goddess of these shcdes, rejoiced in thee, And gave thee salutations; but I fear Judnh would call me infidel to Moses.... | |
| William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - American periodicals - 1825 - 506 pages
...Olivet, Stood listening in the zenith ; yea, have deemed Viols and heavenly voices answered htm. Tam. But these — Had. Were we in Syria, I might say The...; but I fear Judah would call me infidel to Moses. Tam. How like my fancy ! When these strains precede Thy steps, as oft they do, I love to think Some... | |
| American poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...princess ? Tarn. Surely, thou know'st; and now I almost think Some spiritual creature waits on thee. Tina. The sounds I mean Floated like mournful music round...; but I fear Judah would call me infidel to Moses. Had. Youthful fantasy, Attuned to sadness, makes them seem so, lady. So evening's charming voices,... | |
| James Abraham Hillhouse - 1839 - 320 pages
...Olivet, Stood listening in the zenith ; yea, have deemed Viols and heavenly voices answered him. Tam. But these — Had. Were we in Syria, I might say The...; but I fear Judah would call me infidel to Moses. Tam. How like my fancy ! When these strains precede Thy steps, as oft they do, I love to think Some... | |
| Charles William Everest - American literature - 1844 - 480 pages
...fancy, wrought To ecstacy ; or else thy grandsire's harp Resounding from his tower at eventide. I 've lingered to enjoy its solemn tones, Till the broad...rejoiced in thee, And gave thee salutations ; but 1 fear Judah would call me infidel" to MOSES. Tarn. How like my fancy! When these strains precede Thy... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1847 - 456 pages
...and heavenly voices answered him, Tarn. But these— Hnd. Were we in Syria, I might say The naiad «f the fount, or some sweet nymph, The goddess of these...my fancy ! When these strains precede Thy steps, as eft they do, I love to think Some gentle being, who delights in us, Is hovering near, and warns me... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 838 pages
...rose o'er Olivet, Stood listening in the zenith ; yea, have deemed Viols and heavenly voices answer him. Tarn. But these — Had. Were we in Syria, I...; but I fear Judah would call me infidel to Moses. Tom. How like my fancy 1 When these strains precede Thy steps, as oft they do, I love to think Some... | |
| Charles William Everest - American literature - 1860 - 486 pages
...in the zenith ; yea, have deemed Viols and heavenly voices answered him. Tam. But these — tin, I Were we in Syria, I might say The Naiad of the fount, or some r.weet Nymph, The goddess of these shades, rejoiced in thee, And gave thee salutations ; but I fear... | |
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