 Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day...  The poetical works of lord Byron. Illustr. ed - Page 407by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879Full view - About this book
 | James Wilson - Fishes - 1840 - 510 pages
...of colour are easily perceived by an attentive eye : — it dies like parting day, each pang imbued With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone, and all is grey. The gill-covers are marked with large dark spots ; and the whole body is covered with markings of different... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...stream, and glass'd within it XXIX. Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon (be please. Ob, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in isgrpv. XXX. There is a tomb in Arqua ; — rear'd in air, Pillar'd in their sarcophagus, repose The... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1842 - 318 pages
...November, 1842. THE JACK O'LANTERN (LE FEU-FOLLET). CHAPTER I. Filled with the face of heaven, which from afar Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues,...loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is grey. Childe Harold. THE charms of the Tyrrhenian sea have been sung since the days of Homer. That the Mediterranean... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Historical fiction - 1842 - 464 pages
...crowd, as one of a numerous family. LE FEU-FOLLET, CHAPTER I. u Filled with the face of heaven, which from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues,...loveliest, till — .tis gone — and all is grey." Childe Harold. THE charms of the Tyrrhenian Sea have been sung since the days of Homer. That the Mediterranean,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 456 pages
...numerous family. LE FEU-FOLLET. CHAPTER I. " Filled with the face of heaven, which from afar, Conies down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich...loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is grey." Childe Harold. THE charms of the Tyrrhenian Sea have been sung since the days of Homer. That the Mediterranean,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...streams upon her stream, and glass'd within it glows, XXIX. Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues,...each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away/ TbelntBtffl loveliest, Ш1— 'tis gone— and all is gray. XXX. There is a tomb in Arqua ; — rear'd... | |
 | Trip - 1842 - 466 pages
...described them as occurring in Italy, with the feelings and language of a true poet. In conclusion, he says parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang...still loveliest, till — 'tis gone— and all is gray. Childe Harold, cant. iv. Again, a fine tropical niy;ht is a glorious thing at all times, but... | |
 | Fitch Waterman Taylor - Voyages around the world - 1842 - 668 pages
...nature, as associated with the sunset scene : "Filled with the peace of heaven, which from afar Conies down upon the waters ; all its hues From the rich...variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow ."trews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like a dolphin, whom each pang imbues With... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Geology - 1842 - 358 pages
...poet must hare observed. Byron tells us how " Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang embnes With a new colour, as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till— 'tis gone, and all is gray." Falconer, in anticipating, reversed the simile. The huge ani>ia vast deal of fighting sheerly... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...Which streams upon her stream, and glass'd within it glows. Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar Comes down upon the waters: all its hues....last still loveliest, till— 'tis gone and all is gray. ROME. OH Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone... | |
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