 Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie...  Poems, selected from the best eds - Page 258by William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1880Full view - About this book
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pages
...silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky ; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never...sweet will ; Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep, And all that mighty heart is lying Ml! The reader feels as this fine sonnet is wound up with the sublime... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie' Open unto the fields and to the sky, All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never...sweet will : Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! VOL. II.— DD TO A HIGHLAND O1KL. Highland girl, a very... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 364 pages
...silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky ; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never...sweet will ; Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep, And all that mighty heart is lying still ! The reader feels as this fine sonnet is wound up with the... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 370 pages
...silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky ; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never...sweet will ; Dear God! the very houses seem asleep, And all that mighty heart is lying still! The reader feels as this fine sonnet is wound up with the... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 396 pages
...silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky ; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never...deep ! The river glideth at his own sweet will ; Dear Uod! the very houses seem asleep, And all that mighty heart is lying ttill! The reader feels as this... | |
 | A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 pages
...bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky;— All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never...sweet will; Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still! IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free; The holy time is... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1857 - 830 pages
...silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill ; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep I The river glided at his... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples, lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never...sweet will : Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! THIS poet was born at the little town of Irrlne, in Ayrshire,... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky ; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never...first splendour, valley, rock, or hill ; Ne'er saw I, ne'er felt, a calm so deep ! The river glideth at his own sweet will ! Dear God ! the very houses seem... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - London (England) - 1842 - 322 pages
...silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples, lie Open unto the fields, and to the aky ; All bright, and glittering in the smokeless air. Never...beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or bill. Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glidelh at his own sweet will : Dear God !... | |
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