 Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or, if the air will not permit, Some still, removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 423by John Milton - 1857 - 570 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...fleecy cloudy Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfew sound, MS Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air...lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tow'r, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or nnsphere The spirit of Plato,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1822 - 272 pages
...hear the far off curfew somid,. Over some wide water'd shore, Swinging slow with solemn roar. Or, it' the air will not permit, Some still removed place...charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let lay lamp at midnight hour Be seen, in some high, lonely tower, Exploring Plato, to unfold \Vhat worlds,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide water'd shore, Swinging slow, with sullen roar. Or if the...drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. NIGHT. Young, NIGHT, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty now stretches forth Her... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar: Or, if the...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm : Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Rhetoric - 1822 - 164 pages
...roar : Or, if the air Will not permit, Some still removed place will ait, Where gloomy embers thro' the room, Teach light to counterfeit a gloom ; Far...drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm." A. The book of Job ; the Psalms of David ; the Song of Solomon ; the Lamentations of Jeremiah ; a great... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off cuiiew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or if the air...nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen on some high lonely tow'r, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1823 - 320 pages
...with solemn roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will sit, Where gloWiug embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit...cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To hless the doors from nightly harm ; Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, H ench Ofthat forgetful lake benumb not still, That...Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With what com tow'r, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...was called curfeu, Fr. couvre-feu, that is, cover-fire. See the Glossary tp Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if the...all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, 75 80 Chaucer. And the two following lines, with the frequent alliteration of the letter s, inimitably... | |
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