 | Edward Albert - English literature - 1923 - 648 pages
...beaming fires illumined all the ground. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's pure azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, The Age of Pope 257 Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing... | |
 | John William Mackail - English poetry - 1926 - 272 pages
...the moon in all her lustre bright O'er heaven's pure azure sheds her silver light, When no loose gale disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts...solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets glow, And stars unnumbered trembling beams bestow. O'er the dark trees clear gleams of light are shed... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - Country life in literature - 1928 - 322 pages
...in the rendering of this moonlight scene: As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light. When not a breath...trees a yellower verdure shed And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - Country life in literature - 1928 - 334 pages
...in the rendering of this moonlight scene: As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath...trees a yellower verdure shed And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from... | |
 | William Paton Ker - Literary Criticism - 1928 - 442 pages
...And beaming fires illumin'd all the ground ; As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath...trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from... | |
 | 1855 - 1216 pages
...elegant lilies out of Pope's Homer : — " ' As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath...Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And top with silver every... | |
 | Raphael - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 264 pages
...HEAVENS. " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night O'er heav'ns clear azure, spreads her sacred light j When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not...Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole. The ancient shepherds, during the silent watches of the night, (as... | |
 | Raphael - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 264 pages
...HEAVENS. " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night O'er heav'ns clear azure, spreads her sacred light j When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not...Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole. The ancient shepherds, during the silent watches of the night, (as... | |
 | David Ricks, Michael Silk - Greece - 2000 - 172 pages
...verb 'gild'. suggest. again. how conscious this process of formulaic redeployment on Pope's part was: Around her throne the vivid planets roll. And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole. O'er the dark tress a yellower verdure shed. And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head." It is this sophisticated... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Religion - 716 pages
...one of the finest night-pieces in poetry : Behold the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath...Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver... | |
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As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild... 
