In truth he was a strange and wayward wight, Fond of each gentle, and each dreadful scene, In darkness, and in storm, he found delight : Nor less, than when on ocean-wave serene The southern Sun diffused his dazzling shene. The Poetical Works of James Beattie - Page 14by James Beattie - 1831 - 239 lehteFull view - About this book
| 1785 - 320 lehte
...iweet, he wifh'd not to controul. XXIIT. ' O,ye wild groves, O where is now your bloom-!" (The Mufe interprets thus his tender thought.) ' Your flowers, your verdure, and your balmy gloom, ' Of late fo grateful in the hour of drought ! ' Why do the birds, that fong and rapture brought ' To all your... | |
| 1785 - 304 lehte
...not to control. . .'., , ; xxm.;. r$ « O ye wild groves, O where is now your bloom !'.v * (The Mufe interprets thus his tender thought) • Your flowers, your verdure, and your balmy gloom 5 ' Of late fo grateful in the hour of drought" ! ^-.' ,^ ' Why do the birds, that fong and rapture... | |
| John Bell - 1789 - 416 lehte
...serene The southern sun diffused his dazzling shcne. Even sad vicissitude amused his soul: And if a sigh would sometimes intervene, And down his cheek a tear...Your flowers, your verdure, and your balmy gloom, For now the storm howls mournful through the brake, And the dead foliage flies in many a shapeless... | |
| James Beattie - 1797 - 150 lehte
...The southern sun diffused his dazzling shene. Even sad vicissitude amused his soul : And if a sigh would sometimes intervene, And down his cheek a tear...pity roll, A sigh, a tear, so sweet, he wish'd not to controul. XXIII. " O ye wild groves, O where is now your bloom !" (The Muse interprets thus his tender... | |
| 1802 - 302 lehte
...serene The southern sun diffused his dazzling shene* Even sad vicissiude amused his soul : And if a sigh would sometimes intervene, And down his cheek a tear...sigh, a tear, so sweet, he wish'd not to control. * Brightness, splendour. The word is used by some lftt« Writers, as well is by Miltofl. XXIII. " O... | |
| James Beattie - 1803 - 190 lehte
...The southern sun diffused his dazzling shene. Even sad vicissitude amused his soul : And if a sigh would sometimes intervene, And down his cheek a tear of pity roll, A sigh, a tear, so sweet, he wished not to controul. XXIII. " O ye wild groves ! O, where is now your bloom ! ' (The Muse interprets... | |
| James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - 1805 - 190 lehte
...The southern sun diffused his dazzling shene*. Even sad vicissitude amused his soul : And if a sigh would sometimes intervene, And down his cheek a tear...sigh, a. tear, so sweet, he wish'd not to control. 23 " O ye wild groves, O where is now your bloOm !"(The Muse interprets thus his tender thought) "... | |
| James Beattie - 1805 - 178 lehte
...The southern sun diffused his dazzling shene. Even sad vicissitude amused his soul : And if a sigh would sometimes intervene, And down his cheek a tear of pity roll, A sigh, a tear, so sweet, he wished not to controul. XXIII. ' O ye wild groves, O where is now your bloom !' (The Muse interprets... | |
| Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1806 - 444 lehte
...The southern sun diffus'd his dazzling sheen. Even sad vicissitude amus'd his soul ; And if a sigh would sometimes intervene, And down his cheek a tear...pity roll, A sigh, a tear, so sweet, he wish'd not to controul." THE MINSTEL. ST. AUBERT awoke at an early hour, refreshed by sleep, and desirous to set... | |
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