| 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
...mighty Orellana. 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...sweep along, And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wild* , And fruitful deserts , worlds of solitude , AVhere the sun smiles and seasons teem in vain.... | |
| Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...deserts bloom and die. Rape of the Lock, iv. 1,57. a similar idea is met with in Thomson and Gray: • realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the sun smiles, and seasons teem in vain, Unseen and unenjoyed. [ Summer, 847. Full many a flower is born to... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...mighty Orellana f. 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...fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the sun smiles and seasons teem in vain/ Unseen, and unenjoy'd. Forsaking these, O'er peopled plains they fair-diffusive... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pages
...mighty Orellana f. 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...fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the sun smiles and seasons teem in vain, Unseen, and unenjoy'd. Forsaking these, O'er peopled plains they fair-diffusive... | |
| James Thomson - English poetry - 1802 - 320 pages
...fire-flies make a beautiful appearance in the night. h The river of the Amazons. Of rushing water; scarce she dares attempt The sea-like Plata; to whose...fruitful deserts, worlds of solitude, Where the sun smiles and seasons teem in vain, Unseen, and unenjoy'd. Forsaking these, O'er peopled plains they fair-diffiasive... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...Orelluna. Scarce tite-Muse Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mags Of rushing water ; scarceshe dares attempt ••• The sea-like Plata ; to whose:...traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful detsarts , worlds of solitude , ni, i . Where the sun smiles and seasons teem in .vain ,. .A . Unseen,... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...mighty Orellana t. 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...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
...Of rushing water ; scarce she dares 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 dignity they sweep along, And traverse realms unknown, and blooming wilds, And fruitful... | |
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