 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 lehte
...J lay, And viftoes {hooting beams (if day. Wide and wider fprcads the vale, As circles on a fmooth canal : The mountains round, unhappy fate ! Sooner or later of all height, Withdraw their fumir.its from the Ikies, And leflen a: the others rife. Still the proi'peft wider fprcads, Adds a... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 lehte
...I lay, And vifloes mooting beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a fmooth canal : The mountains round unhappy fate ! Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their fummits from the fkiei, And leffcn as the others rife : Still the profpe<5l wider fpreads, AJdi a thoufand... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 lehte
...I lay, And viftos (hooting beams of iljy. \Vide and wider Iprcads the vale, As circles on a fhiooth canal : The mountains round, unhappy fate ! Sooner or later, of all height, "Withdraw their íummits from the fkies, And leflen as the others rife. Still the profpeet wider (preads, Adds a thouland... | |
 | John Bell - 1799 - 436 lehte
...brooks and meads hehind, And groves and grottos where I lay, And vistoes shooting heams of day. 30 Wide and wider spreads the vale, As circles on a smooth...all height, Withdraw their summits from the skies, 3 5 And lessen as the others rise : Still the prospect wider spreads, Adds a thousand woods and meads... | |
 | 1800 - 322 lehte
...brooks and meads behind, And groves and grottos where I lay, And vistoes shooting beams of day: Wider and wider spreads the vale'; As circles on a smooth...it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly-risen hill. • . • • Now I gain the mountain's broW," What a landscape lies below! No clouds, no vapors... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 512 lehte
...I lay, And viftoes (hooting beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; A> circles on a fmooth canal : The mountains round, unhappy fate ! Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their fummits from the ikies, And leflen as the others rife : Still the profpeä wider fpreads, Adds a thoufand... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 lehte
...-vis toes shooting beams of day; Wide and wider spreads the vale 5 As cir«les on a smooth canal; Tiif mountains round , unhappy fate ! Sooner or later of all height ! Withdraw their summits Trom the skies j And lessen , as the others rise ! Still the prospect wider spreads, Adds a thousand... | |
 | 1806 - 408 lehte
...leave his brooks and meads behind, And groves and grottoes where 1 lay, • And vistoes (shooting beams of day : Wide and wider spreads the vale, As circles...widens still, .•."*, < And sinks the newly-risen hill. Now, I gain the mountain's brow; What a landscape lies below ! No clouds, no vapours intervene,... | |
 | 1806 - 330 lehte
...brooks and meads behind, And groves and grottos where I lay> And vistoes shooting beams of day; Wider and wider spreads the vale ; As circles on a smooth...it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly-risen hill. Now I gain the mountain's brow, What a landscape lies below ! No clouds, no vapours intervene,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1806 - 346 lehte
...circumstances of generality ; such as those on ascending a steep and lofty hill, in the following lines : Still the prospect wider spreads, Adds a thousand...meads, Still it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly risen hill. Now I gain the mountain's brow, What a prospect lies below ! &c. It is not necessary... | |
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Wide and wider spreads the vale As circles on a smooth canal ; The mountains round (unhappy fate !) Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their summits from the skies, And lessen as the others... 
