| James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 Seiten
...Progress of Poesy. Where can measures more noble than the foregoing be found in any modern tongue 1 " Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, •...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects his evening prey." It would be idle to descant on the diction or imagery... | |
| James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 Seiten
...Where can measures more noble than the foregoing be found in any modern tongue ? " Fair laughs the mom, and soft the zephyr blows, While, proudly riding o'er...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects his evening prey." The Bard. It would be idle to descant on the diction... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...and ragged sails, Lean, rent, and beggar'd by the strumpet wind!" to the imitation in the bard : " Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, YOUTH at the prow and PLEASURE at the helm, Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 358 Seiten
...fancy, hov'ring o'er, " Scatters from her pictured um " Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn." " Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, "...whirlwind's sway, "That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey." " Bright rapture calls, and soaring, as she sings, " Waves in the eye of heaven her... | |
| sir James Mackintosh - 1835 - 534 Seiten
...marriage of Louis XVI., induces me to fill half a page with beautiful verse instead of bad prose. ' Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects his ev'ning prey.' " At five, news are brought that the ' Exeter' is... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1835 - 342 Seiten
...to salute the rising morn. Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding on the azure realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel...whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his ev'ning prey." The last prophecy is that of the civil wars, and of the death of the two young princes.... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1835 - 328 Seiten
...luxurious monarch marked out in the form of the morning, and his country in the figure of the vessel ! In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth on the...whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey." The last prophecy is that of the civil wars, and of the death of the two young princes.... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1835 - 334 Seiten
...to salute the rising morn. Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding on the azure realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, bush'd in grim repose, expects his ev'ning prey." The last prophecy is that of the civil wars, and... | |
| George Field - 1835 - 310 Seiten
...of green combine in the joint sentiment or expression of youth, freshness, joy, and animation : — Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth at the prow, and Pleasure at the helm. GRAY. And in the succeeding, the expression of green is cool,... | |
| Sir James Mackintosh - 1836 - 546 Seiten
...marriage of Louis XVI., induces me to fill half a page with beautiful verse instead of bad prose. ' Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects his ev'ning prey.' "At five, news are brought that the 'Exeter' is coming... | |
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