 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
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...his grief heguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, ' T was sad hy tits, hy starts 't was wild. But thou, O 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... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 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 whisperM promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail,. Still would her touch the... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...hurried hand the strings. "With woeful measures wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd; But thou, O Hope with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ?. Still it whisper' d prOtnis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail f Still would her touch... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...his grief beguil'd : A solemn, strange and mingled air : "Tvvas 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...his grief beguiled ; 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 promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail I1 Still would her touch the... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 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 - 1815 - 118 pages
...grief hegnil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air : 'Twas sad hy fits, hy starts 'twas wild. Bnt thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure 1 Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...sounds 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 Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...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...touch the strain prolong ; And from the rocks, the wool's, the vale, , She call'd on Echo still through all her song : And where her sweetest therae she... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...bis grief beguiled : A solemn, strange, and mingled air, "i'vras sad by fits— by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O HOPE! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it wbisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still would her touch the... | |
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