 Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling...  Readings in English Literature - Page 240edited by - 1917 - 512 pagesFull view - About this book
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...in sprightly dance. Tho waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : — A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company...show to me had brought : For oft when on my couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude,... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1858 - 384 pages
...these lines occur : — " The waves beside them danced ; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company...to me had brought : " For oft, when on my couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye, Which is the bliss of solitude... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Bookbinding - 1858 - 550 pages
...Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretch'd in never ending line Along the margin of a bay : Ten thousand saw I at...The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the spifrkling waves in glee : — A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company : Igazed — and... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company....the show to me had brought. For oft when on my couch 1 lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is2 the bliss of solitude... | |
 | Robert Tyas - 1859 - 472 pages
...Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle in the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay : Ten thousand saw I at...danced ; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company ; I gazed — and gazed — but little thought... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1886 - 588 pages
...in sprightly dance. "The waves beside them danced — but they Oat-did the sparkling waves in glee. A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company...show to me had brought. "For oft when on my couch I lie, In vacant, or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye, Which is the bliss of solitude.... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...Continuous as the atarS that shine And twinkle on the milky-way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay ; Ten thousand saw I at...danced ; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company ! I gazed — and gazed — but little thought... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay : Ten thousand saw I at...danced, but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee :— A Poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company! I gazed—and gazed—but little thought... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never ending line Along the margin of a bay : Ten thousand saw I at...danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : — A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company : I gazed — and gazed — but little... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 pages
...Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay ; Ten thousand saw I at...danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee ; A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company : I gazed and gazed, but little thought What... | |
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