 | English essays - 1826 - 696 pages
...the Poem : " For wheresoe'er I turn my ravished eyes. Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise ; Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem...has strung That not a mountain rears its head unsung ; R«nown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, And every stream in heavenly numbers flows. The subject... | |
 | Barbara Hofland - 1826 - 244 pages
...islands, so celebrated in ancient story ; and frequently did they remember, that Here so oft the Muse her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung.— and they more particularly recollected the lays of Lord Byron on subjects of Greek or Turkish origin.... | |
 | Mrs. Hofland (Barbara) - Arab countries - 1828 - 252 pages
...islands, so celebrated in ancient story ; and frequently did they remember, that Here so oft the MUF», her harp has strung, That not a Mountain rears its head unsung ; — and they more particularly recollected the lays of Lord Byron on subjects of Greek or Turkish... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 838 pages
...they make in marble, there is not one itring instrument that seems comparable to our violins. Addison. Here the muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. Id. Men of great learning or genius are too full to be exact ; and therefore chuse to throw down their... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...prospects rise ; Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground ; (1) make ̄ W ɤ "E 1830 American Book Exchange"% Chambers Ro ; Renowned in verse each shady thicket grows, And every stream in heavenly numbers flows. . . . ''... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...unacquainted with their source, particularly the lines alluding to the poetical celebrity of Italy : " For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung." And again — " Sometimes misguided by the tuneful throng, I look for streams immortalized in song,... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 458 pages
...Warm'dwith poetic transport I survey Th' immortal islands, and the well-known sea. For here so oft the muse her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. and much respected by the Turks, being the first town they took in Europe. At five the next morning... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 446 pages
...Warm'dwith poetic transport I survey Tli' immortal islands, and the well-known sea. For here so oft the muse her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. I beg your pardon for this sally, and will, if I can, continue the rest of my account in plain prose.... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1843 - 272 pages
...animate no other of his poems. Who does not share in the genuine ecstasy with which he exclaims, " Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem...strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung, Renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, And ev'ry stream in heav'nly numbers flows. How am I pleas'd... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 828 pages
...with rhyme. For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospect* rite. bud and bloom, Her nursery ; they at her coming sprung,...not, as not with such discourse Delighted, or not Renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, And every stream in heavenly numbers flows. How am I pleas'd... | |
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For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, poetic fields encompass me around, and still I seem to tread on classic ground; for here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, that not a mountain rears its head unsung,... 
