| 1830 - 622 pages
...Robert Montgomery's alteration. Then we have the ' poor, mindless, ' pale-faced, maniac boy,' who ' Rolls his vacant eye, To greet the glowing fancies of the sky.' What are the glowing fancies of the sky ? And what is the meaning of the two lines which almost immediately... | |
| Robert Montgomery - English poetry - 1823 - 326 pages
...and the widowVjoy,— •^ Dwells the poor, mindless, pale-faced maniac boy: He lives and breaths, and rolls his vacant eye, To greet the glowing fancies...But on his cheek unmeaning shades of woe Reveal the withered thoughts that sleep below ! A soulless thing, a spirit of the woods, He loves to commune with... | |
| Arts - 1830 - 824 pages
...diminished heads. " Down yon romantic dell, where hamlets few, Arrest the summer pilgrim's pensive view, The village wonder, and the widow's joy, Dwells...But on his cheek unmeaning shades of woe, Reveal the withered thoughts that steep below f A soulless thing — a tpirit of the woods, He loves to commune... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1844 - 446 pages
...Mr. Robert Montgomery's alteration. Then we have the "poor, mindless, pale-faced, maniac boy," who " Rolls his vacant eye, To greet the glowing fancies of the sky." What are the glowing fancies of the sky ? And what is the meaning of the two lines which almost immediately... | |
| Robert Montgomery - 1845 - 168 pages
...wild'ring dream— That life in death—a desolated mind, Around whose wreck the weeds of madness wind J Down yon romantic dale, where hamlets few Arrest the...fancies of the sky; But on his cheek unmeaning shades of wo Keveal the wither'd thoughts that sleep below ! A soulless thing, a haunter of the woods, He loves... | |
| Robert Montgomery - 1847 - 390 pages
...frequent view, The village wonder, and the widow's joy, Dwells the poor, mindless, pale-faced maniac hoy : He lives, and breathes, and rolls his vacant eye To...wither'd thoughts that sleep below. A soulless thing, a haunter of the woods, He loves to commune with the fields and floods ; Sometimes along the woodland's... | |
| Robert Montgomery - 1851 - 356 pages
...view, The village wonder, and the widow's joy, Dwells the poor, mindless, pale-faced maniac boy.He lives, and breathes, and rolls his vacant eye To greet...wither'd thoughts that sleep below. A soulless Thing, a haunter of the woods, He loves to commune with the fields, and floods ; Sometimes, along the woodland's... | |
| Robert Montgomery - 1854 - 210 pages
...wild'ring dream. That life in death — a desolated Mind, Around whose wreck the weeds of madness wind. Down yon romantic dale, where hamlets few Arrest the...of the Sky ; But on his cheek unmeaning shades of wo Reveal the wither'd thoughts that sleep below. — A soulless thing, a haunter of the woods, He... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 pages
...Robert Montgomery's version. Then we have i V the " poor, mindless, pale -faced maniac boy," who £ " Rolls his vacant eye, To greet the glowing fancies of the sky." What are the glowing fancies of the sky? And what is the meaning of the two Ijnes which almost immediately... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1871 - 704 pages
...Mr. Robert Montgomery's version. Then we have the " poor, mindless, pale -faced maniac boy," who " Rolls his vacant eye, To greet the glowing fancies of the sky." What are the glowing fancies of the sky? And what is the meaning of the two lines which almost immediately... | |
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