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" Pure as the expanse of Heaven: I thither went, With unexperienced thought, and laid me down On the green bank, to look into the clear Smooth lake, that to me seem'd another sky. As I bent down to look, just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appear'd,... "
The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The ... - Page 90
by Alexander Chalmers - 1810
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Essays and Selections

Basil Montagu - Fore-edged painting - 1837 - 382 pages
...ascribe the noise to any but the real cause. When Eve first saw her shadow in the water, she says, " As 1 bent down to look, just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appeared Bending to look at me ; I started back, It started back." The errors from this source extend...
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The Paradise Lost

Bible - 1838 - 586 pages
...thought, and laid me down On the green bank, to look into the clear Smooth lake, that to me seem'd another sky. As I bent down to look, just opposite...back, It started back ; but pleas'd I soon return'd, Pleas'd it return d as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love : there I had fix'd Mine eyes...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...into the clear Smooth lake, that to me seem'd another sky. As I bent down to look, just opposite 460 A shape within the watery gleam appear'd Bending to...back, It started back ; but pleas'd I soon return'd, Pleas'd it return'd as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love : there I had fix'd 465 Mine...
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Le Paradis perdu de J. Milton

John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...thought, and laid me down " On the green bank, to look into the clear " Smooth lake, that to me seem'd another sky. " As I bent down to look, just opposite...started back, " It started back : but pleas'd I soon return 'd ; *' Pleas'd it return'd as soon, with answering looks " Of sympathy and love : there I hadfix'd...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...thought, and laid me down On the green bank, to look into the clear Smooth lake, that to me seem'd r? War hath dctermin'd us, and foil'd with loss Irreparable...terms of peace yet none Vouchsaf'd or sought; for wh : 1 started back. It started back ; but pleas'd I soon return'd, Vlras'd it return'd as soon with answering...
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Paradise Lost: With Variorum Notes ... and a Memoir of the Life of Milton ...

John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...the green hank, to look into the clear " Smooth lake, that to me seem'd another sky. 460 " As I hent down to look, just opposite " A shape within the watery...gleam appear'd, " Bending to look on me : I started hack, " It started hack : hut pleas'd I soon return'd ; " Pleas'd it return'd as soon, with answering...
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The Works of Joseph Addison, Volumes 1-2

Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...thought, and laid me down On the preen bank, to look into the clear Smooth lake, that to me seem'd another sky. As I bent down to look, just opposite, A shape within the watery gleam appeared, Bending to look on me ; I started back. It started back ; but pleas'd I soon relurn'd, Pleas'd...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...(bought, and laid me down On the green bank, to look into the clear Smooth lake, that to me seem'd Pleas'd it return'd as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love : there I had fix'd Mine eyes...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with a memoir by J. Montgomery, Volume 1

John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...thought, and laid me down On the green bank, to look into the clear Smooth lake, that, to me, seem'd another sky. As I bent down to look, just opposite...look on me : I started back, It started back ; but pleased I soon return'd, Pleased it return'd as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love : there...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...thought, and laid me down On the green bank, to look into the clear Smooth lake, that to me seemed another sky As I bent down to look, just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appear'tj, Bending to look on me: I s'arted back, It started back : but pleased I soon return'd, Pleased...
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