 THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day,...  Gems of the Modern Poets: With Biographical Notices - Page 10by Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, II. The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose ; The moon doth with delight Loai round her... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 504 pages
...common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; Turn wheresoe'er...things which I have seen I now can see no more. The translator, fully possessed with the sense of the passage, makes no mistakes, but adopting another... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 506 pages
...common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; Turn wheresoe'er...things which I have seen I now can see no more. The translator, fully possessed with the sense of the passage, makes no mistakes, but adopting another... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1856 - 538 pages
...common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; Turn wheresoe'er I may, The Rainbow comes aad goes, And lovely is the Rose, The Moon doth with delight Look round her when... | |
 | William Adams - History - 1857 - 380 pages
...The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore, — Turn wheresoever I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen...; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair ; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath pass'd away a glory from the earth." This glory, which... | |
 | mrs. Robert Cartwright - 1857 - 372 pages
...entgegen, Im Dampf der Kliifte Duroh nebeldiifte, Immer zu! immer zu! Ohne East, ohne Kuh! Goethe. The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose,...; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair! But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the Earth! Wordsworth. IT is... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1857 - 480 pages
...common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er...may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more. * This is the most rapturous of all Wordsworth's productions, and readers of any... | |
 | 1857 - 834 pages
...common sight, To me did seem Appareled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er...may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no- more." WEDSWOETH. THERE is a perversion of curiosity, with which, in the present article,... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...common sight, To me did seem, Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er...may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more. N The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose, The moon doth with delight... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er...may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more. It. The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose ; The moon doth with delight... | |
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