 And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. When, o'er the green, undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy...  Theodric: A Domestic Tale, and Other Poems - Page 53by Thomas Campbell - 1824 - 149 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1840 - 504 pages
...from the sixth of the above lines, a striking [coincidence at least may be observed between them :— When o'er the green undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine; How came tlic tcorlife дгсц fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign. — CAMPBELL. Those who have explored... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green undelug'd earth Heav'n's cov'nant thou didst shine. How came the world's grey fathers...watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smil'd O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God. Methinks... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 332 pages
...Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green undelnged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's grey fathers forth To watch thy sucred sign! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod. Each mother held aloft her... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - Readers - 1841 - 416 pages
...When, o'er the green, undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ? And when its yellow lustre smF.cd O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God. Methinks,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...fabling dreams, But words of the Most High Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth, To watch thy sacred sign ? And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams, Was woven in the sky. 6. When, o'er the green, undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! 7. And when its yellow luster smiled O'er mountains yet... | |
 | John Keble - 1842 - 332 pages
...and all, As when our fathers walk'd abroad,* . Freed from their twelvemonths' thrall, .. .' * t * [ft When o'er the green undeluged earth, ^ Heaven's covenant thou didst shine. How came the world's gray fathers forth, • To watch thy sacred sign. And when its yellow lustre smil'd O'er mountains... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...fabling dreams. But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's covenant...smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held alofl her child To bless the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first made anthem rang.... | |
 | John Holland - Bible - 1843 - 402 pages
...attentive looks watch every hour, For thy new light and trembled at each shower. — vAUGHAN. THE RAINBOW. When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth, [To watch the sacred sign. CAMPBELL. We have now arrived at the period of the publication... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...cannot resist the temptation of transcribing the latter part of them. " When o'er the green undelug'd earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came...fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ? " And when ita yellow lustre smi1'd O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow... | |
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