 | Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood - Authors, English - 1845 - 124 pages
...their voyage, of seeing " Th' immortal islands and the well-known sea : There where so oft the muse her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung." Being driven by a tempest on the eoast of Afriea, they had an opportunity of visiting the ruins of... | |
 | Alexander Adam - English language - 1846 - 372 pages
...is the common measure of Heroic and Tragic poetry ; as, Poetic fields encompass me around, And itill I seem to tread on classic ground ; For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, OBS. 1. In measures of this last sort, we sometimes find the last line of a couplet or triplet stretched... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise ; Poetic fields encompass me around, And still 1 seem to tread on classic ground ; For here the Muse...strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung, Renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, And every stream in heavenly numbers flows. How am I pleas'd... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...shining prospects rise ; Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground;1 For here the muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung ; Renowu'd in verse each shady thicket grows, And every stream in heavenly numbers flows. * * See how... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 872 pages
...with rhyme. For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise. Renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, And every stream in heavenly numbers flows. How am I pleas'd... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 460 pages
...with rhyme. For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gray gilded scenes and shining prospects rise. 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 every stream in heavenly numbers flows. How am I pleased... | |
 | José María da Costa e Silva - Portuguese poetry - 1853 - 376 pages
...dizia da Italia ua sua bella Epístola a Lord Halifax. Poetic fields encompass me around, And fililí I seem to tread on classic ground; For here the Muse...strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung, ßenown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, And every streem in heav'nly numbers flows. Foi este o... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1853 - 610 pages
...prospects 3 rise, Poetick fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground ; 4 For here the muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung, Renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, And ev'ry stream in heavenly numbers flows. How am I pleas'd... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 602 pages
...rhiine. For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects 3 rise, Poetick fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread...strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung, Renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, And ev'ry 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,... 
