 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water j scarce she dares attempt The sea- like Plata ; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth,...course, Our floods are rills. With unabated force, 845 In silent dignity they sweep along ; And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful... | |
 | James Rennell - Cartography - 1793 - 594 pages
...magnificent object ; for, Scarce the muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mafs Of rushing water; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wond'rous length of course, Our floods are rills THOMSON'S SEASONS. • My information comes from a person who had resided at Ava. See the Memoir, page... | |
 | James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...thousand streams, impetuous huri'd From all the roaring Andes , huge descends The mighty Orellana. Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous...sweep along, And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wild* , And fruitful deserts , worlds of solitude , AVhere the sun smiles and seasons teem in vain.... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...streams, impetuous hurl'd From all the roaring Andes, huge descends. The mighty Orellana t. Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous...wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills. With unahated force, In silent dignity they sweep along, And traverse reahus unknown, and hlooming wilds,... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...impetuous hurl'd From all the roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana. Scarce the Muse 840 Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of...attempt The s.ea-like Plata ; to whose dread expanse, Continous depth, and wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills. With unabated force, 845 In silent... | |
 | Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1805 - 432 pages
...Creation are formed upon the largest scale. There the Rivers of St. Laurence, Amazon, Oroonoko, and Plata to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wondrous length of course Our floods are rills — — roll their mighty waters to the Ocean ; and there the towering Andes, extending 5000 miles... | |
 | James Thomson - 1806 - 242 pages
...impetuous hurl'd From all the roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana. Scarce the M use .810 Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of...course, Our floods are rills. With unabated force, 345 In silent dignity they sweep along, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, And traverse realms... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Parnell - Thomson, James, 1700-1748 - 1808 - 338 pages
...tliousand streams, impetuous huri'd From all the roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty Orellana. Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous...traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful desarts, worlds of solitude, Where the sun smiles and seasons teem in vain, Unseen, and unenjoy'd.... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...thousand streams, impetuous hurl'd From all the roaring Andes, huge descends The mighty f Orellana. Scarce the muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous...And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitless desarts, worlds of solitude, Where the sun smiles and seasons teem in vain, Unseen, and unenjoy'd.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 538 pages
...attempt The scalikc Plata ; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wondrous length of courte, Our floods are rills. With unabated force, In silent dignity they sweep along, And travcr.se realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the Sun... | |
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Scarce the Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares attempt The sea-like Plata ; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills. 
