 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance after showers ; Nor grateful But wherefore all night long shine these? forwlrom This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...fruit, flower, Glist'ning with dew ; nor fragrance after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild t'nor silent night, With this her solemn bird ; nor walk...moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet. Thus, at their shady lodge arriv'd, both stood, Both turn'd ; and under open sky ador'd The God that... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...delightful land ; nor hrrb, fruit, flower, Glist'ring with dew ; nor fragrance after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent night With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, 655 Or glitt'ring starlight, without thee is sweet, But wherefore all night long shine these ? for... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glist'ning with dew ; nor fragance after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Orglittering starlight, without thee is sweet. Thus, at tneir shady lodge arriv'd, both stood, Both... | |
 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 pages
...delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glist'ring with dew ; nor fragrance after show'rs ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent night, With this her solemn...is infinitely pleasing, and the recapitulation of «ach particular image, with a little varying of the expression, makes one of the finest turns of words... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...delightful land : nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful Evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn...Or glittering star-light, without thee, is sweet. But wherefore all night long shine these? for whom This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes?... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flow'r, Glist'rihg with dew ; nor fragrance after show'rs : Nor grateful -evening mild ; nor silent night With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Or glitt'ring star light, — without thee is sweet. But wherefore all night long sfaine these ? for whom... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pages
...fragrance after showers; P ' Necessitas ipsa, dies longa, et satietas doloris.' PLINY. Nor gl.ateful evening mild ; nor silent night, With this her solemn...of each particular image, with a little varying of the expression, makes one of the finest turns of words that I have ever seen : which I had rather mention,... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glittering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful Evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn...Or glittering star-light, without THEE, is sweet! Thomson also possessed most tender ideas on this interesting topic, as appears from the following passage... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 410 pages
...delightful land : nor herb, fruit flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild: nor silent night, With this her solemn...of each particular image, with a little varying of the expression, makes one of the finest turns of words that I have ever seen: which I rather mention,... | |
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... With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heaven her starry train : But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering... 
