 The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring. Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these...  Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer - Page 49by Walter Scott - 1815 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Or forest, by slow stream or pebbly spring, Or chasms and watery depths ! all these have vanish'd, They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still...starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that us'd to share this earth With man as with their friend ; and to the lover Yonder they move, from yonder... | |
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...Or forest, by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and watery depths ; all these have vanished. They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still...are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to share this eartli With man as with their friend ; and to the lover Yonder they move, from yonder visible sky Shoot... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 362 pages
...forest, by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wa fry depths — all these have vanish'd ; They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still...Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man aa with their trieud, and to the lover Yonder they move, from yonder visible iky Shoot influence down... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths; all these have vanish'H. s the maní By him who died on cross, With his cruel...how he laid full low The harmless Albatross. i The hack the old names. And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used lo »liare... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 880 pages
...need a language, Ktill Dnlh the old m<tinct bring back the oldnamet. And to yon starry world they nnw are gone. Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man an with their friend, and to the lover Yonder they move, from yonder visible sky Shoot influence down... | |
 | American literature - 1834 - 320 pages
...Or forests by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms, or wat'ry depths ; all these have vanish'd, They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still.... With man as with their friend ; and to the lover Xonder they move — from yonder visible sky Shoot influence down ; and even at this day ' Tis Jupiter... | |
 | 1834 - 764 pages
...or virtue had adorned, still under his protection and care.f " These superstitions are vanishpd — They live no longer in the faith of reason. But still...need a language ; still Doth the old instinct bring hack the old n.iTm--.~j. Veneration was the prevailing characteristic of Pindar's mind. " His poetry,"... | |
 | 1834 - 734 pages
...or virtue had adorned, still under his protection and care.f " These superstitions are vanished— They live no longer in the faith of reason. But still...need a language ; still Doth the old instinct bring hack the old names.":): Veneration was the prevailing characteristic of Pindar's mind. " His poetry,"... | |
 | 1834 - 426 pages
...by slow stream, or pebble spring, Or . In m ., or wat'iy depths; all these have vaimh'U, They lire no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart...need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring bach the old namet. And to yon starry worM they now are gone, Spirit', or gixls, that used to share... | |
 | 1835 - 102 pages
...forest, — by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms, and wat'ry depths ; — all these have vanish'd, They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language." Reason may reject it, but the heart, in its poetic aspirations after such communion, delights to listen... | |
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