The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster... The Influence of Milton on English Poetry - Page 192by Raymond Dexter Havens - 1922 - 722 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1814 - 476 pages
...with their freight the Shepherds homeward moved Through the dull mist, I following — when a step, A single step, that freed me from the skirts Of the...ever seen By waking sense or by the dreaming soul f — Though I am conscious that no power of words Can body forth, no hues of speech can paint That... | |
| 1821 - 724 pages
...appearance actually beheld in the clouds, what in many of its circumstances I saw frequently in sleep : The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of...of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seem'd of diamond, and of gold,... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...following lines, seemed realized : — Verses by a Modern Poet on an Appearance beheld in the Clouds. The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of...wilderness of building sinking far And selfwithdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendour, without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold,... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...clouds," which may aptly come after the glowing description of the illumination of St. Peter's : — The appearance, Instantaneously disclosed, Was of...of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth Far sinking into splendour, without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...description of the illumination of St. Peter's : — The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of я rees. Where wondrous depth Far sinking into splendour, without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With... | |
| English letters - 1826 - 438 pages
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| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 452 pages
...following — when a step, A single step, that freed me from the skirts Of the blind vapour, open'd to my view Glory beyond all glory ever seen By waking...of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wond'rous depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 456 pages
...with their freight the Shepherds homeward moved Through the dull mist, I following — when a step, A single step, that freed me from the skirts Of the blind vapour, open'd to my view Glory beyond all glory ever seen By waking sense or by the dreaming soul I The Appearance^... | |
| William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...vapour, open'd to my uew (ilory beyond all glory ever seen ily waking sense or by the dreaming suul ! The Appearance, instantaneously disclosed. Was of...City— boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far i And self-withdrawn into a woud'rout depth Far sinking into splendour — without end ! 276 Fabric... | |
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