 O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirrored in the ocean vast A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam : For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still...  The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White - Page 153by Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 488 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hosea Ballou, Edward Turner - Hymns, English - 1824 - 426 pages
...horizon dark, Do young thy beauties seem As when the eagle from the Ark First sported in thy beam. 12 For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds...grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. T. CAMPRELL. HYMN 563. Tens Metre. Paraphrase of Psalm 150. PRAISE Nature's King, the God whose glory... | |
 | Martin MacDermot - English literature - 1824 - 602 pages
...CAMPBELL. OUR observations on the Last Man will be found in our preliminary view of Modern Literature. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf... | |
 | 1825 - 604 pages
...ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....pale with age That first spoke peace to man.' ' The Brave Roland' is a fine specimen of the genuine lyrical ballad. Give Campbell a simple legend like... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 624 pages
...ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....pale with age That first spoke peace to man.' ' The Brave Roland' is a fine specimen of the genuine lyrical ballad. Give Campbell a simple legend like... | |
 | 1825 - 588 pages
...when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. 28* Campbell's Thcodrk, and other Poems. Jan. For, faithful to Its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds...grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. ' pp. 52 — 55. There is a very striking little poem entitled ' The Last Man,' the idea of which has... | |
 | Scotland - 1825 - 868 pages
...ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! " As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets tbe type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man." There, sir, is poetry — simple, fresh,... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...Grainville, an extraordinary work, which has preceded the Darkness and the Last Man of Campbell. " All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, , • As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. Campbell. *<••• l•* " - • . :• . .. J.Vf~«- .. '.. The Night before Ike Bailie of Waterloo.... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down. As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....pale with age, That first spoke peace to man. THE NATIVITY. WHEN Jordan hush'd his waters still, And silence slept on Zion hill; When Bethl'hem's shepherds... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1827 - 398 pages
...fathoms down. ..t HALO AND PARHELIA. < "?^ As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....grow pale with age, That first spoke peace to man. CAMPBELL. In serene weather, we often observe a circular light, or luminous ring surrounding the moon... | |
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