 In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled Iiia indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter...  Noctes ambrosianae - Page 238by John Wilson - 1856Full view - About this book
 | 1815 - 670 pages
...myself net found.' — pp. 125, 126, 127 The origin, of Grecian fables is thus elegantly imagined. In that fair Clime, the lonely Herdsman, stretched...half a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent reposo : And, in some fit of weariness, if he When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 648 pages
...Although they have been already quoted in our Journal, we must beg leave to recaí them to our readers : 4 In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched ' On the soft grass through half a summer's day, 4 With music lulled his indolent repose : ' And, in some fit of weariness, if he * When bis own breath... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 452 pages
...unpeopled heaths, Filling a space, else vacant, to exalt The forms of Nature, and enlarge her powers ? Once more to distant Ages of the world Let us revert,...indolent repose: And, in some fit of weariness, if he,When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...unpeopled heaths, Filling a space, else vacant, to exalt The forms of Nature, and enlarge her powers? « Once more to distant Ages of the world Let us revert,...fair Clime, the lonely Herdsman, stretched On the -.HI ! grass through half a summer's day. With mueic lulled his indolent repose : And, in some (it... | |
 | Henry Nelson Coleridge - Greek poetry - 1830 - 262 pages
...and in every grove A gay or pensive tenderness prevailed, When piety more awful had relaxed. * * » * In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, per of the external face of nature; his studies, his exercises, his amusements, were all in the With... | |
 | Religion - 1835 - 1040 pages
...wonderfully combined in his description, historical accuracy with poetic beauty, and philosophical spirit. In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched...indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if be, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sound! Which... | |
 | 1840 - 546 pages
...exquisite passage in the " Excursion" of Wordsworth, it will lose none of its charms — WORDSWORTH. In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman stretched...soft grass, through half a summer's day, With music lull'd his iudolent repose : And in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced... | |
 | 1840 - 548 pages
...exquisite passage in the " Excursion" of Wordsworth, it will lose none of its charms — WORDSWORTH. In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman stretched On the soft grass, through halt' a summer's day, With music lull'd his indolent repose : And in some fit of weariness, if he,... | |
 | John Brown Patterson - 1837 - 496 pages
...neighbourhood of Torryburn, Fifeshire, in a state of comparative seclusion even from books, which, how* " In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched On the soft grass," &c. &c. The Excursion, pp. 179,180. •f- Mr Patterson revised this essay in the course of the following... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...unpeopled heaths, Filling a space, else vacant, to exalt The forms of nature, and enlarge her powers ? " Once more to distant ages of the world Let us revert,...thoughts The face which rural solitude might wear To th' unenlighten'd swains of pagan Greece. In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretch'd On the... | |
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