| James Robert Boyd - English language - 1860 - 416 pages
...the latter to those of the second and fourth. Examples of the first kind : Smooth flow the waves j the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smiled | and all the world was gay. He raised his azure wand | and thus began. Examples of the other kind: There lay three garters | half... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...: The powers gave ear, and granted half his prayer The-fest the winds dispersed in empty air ^^"But now secure the painted vessel glides. The sun-beams trembling on the floating tide* : While melting music steals upon the sky, And soften'd sounds along the water die ; Smooth flow... | |
| George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 580 pages
...written. Here is one of the descriptions, full of life and light, from the Itape of the Lock : — But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sunbeams...steals upon the sky, And softened sounds along the water die'; Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.... | |
| Mrs. Catharine Harbeson (Waterman) Esling - Flower language - 1861 - 280 pages
...emblem of this enviable disposition, and of the loveliness which it adorns. LOVELINESS AND CHEERFULNESS. Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smiled and all the world was gay. POPK. When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulders flung, Her buskins... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1862 - 304 pages
...face.' EXERCISE. Let the learner explain the forms of verse used in the following extracts. 1. ' But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sunbeams...steals upon the sky, And softened sounds along the water die : Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1863 - 348 pages
...: The powers gave ear, and granted half his prayer, The rest the winds dispers'd in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sunbeams...tides ; While melting music steals upon the sky, And soften'd sounds along the waters die : Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smil'd,... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 698 pages
...robes retroussées, troupe fidèle, « une toque sur la tête, une hallebarde à la main, And soften'd sounds along the waters die; Smooth flow the waves, the Zephyrs gently play. The lucid squadrons round the sails repair : Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers hreathe, That seem'd... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1863 - 504 pages
...the latter to those of the second and fourth. Examples of the first kind : Smooth flow the waves 1 the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smiled || and all the world was gay. * An accent considered with respect to sense is termed emfhmit. He raised his azuro wind J and thus... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 500 pages
...les soutient. Vingt fois, dans un poème de 1. But now securethe painted vessel glides, The sun beams trembling on the floating tides; While melting music steals upon the sky, And soften'd sounds along the waters die; Smooth flow the waves, the Zephyrs gently play. The lucid squadrons... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...: The powers gave ear, and granted half his prayer ; The rest the winds dispersed in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sun-beams...tides ; While melting music steals upon the sky, And soften'd sounds along the waters die : 50 Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smiled,... | |
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