 Dolphins, in gambols, lent the lucid brine Hues richer than the canopy of eve, That overhung the scene with gorgeous clouds, Decaying into gloom more beautiful Than the sun's golden liveries which they lost : Till light that hides, and darkness that reveals...  The Westminster Review - Page 3141827Full view - About this book
 | England - 1827 - 798 pages
...repose that rcwh'ci even me. Power, will, sensation, memory, fail'd in turn ; My very essence seem'd to pass away, Like a thin cloud that melts across the moon, Lost in the blue immensity of heaven," The " Spirit" sees many other won* droits creations taking place of animated beings — beneath the... | |
 | Scotland - 1827 - 808 pages
...repose that reach' d even me. Power, will, sensation, memory, fail'd in turn ; My very essence sccm'd to pass away, Like a thin cloud that melts across the moon. Lost in the blue immensity of heaven." The " Spirit" sees many other wondrous creations taking place of animated beings — beneath the ocean;... | |
 | James Montgomery - English poetry - 1827 - 198 pages
...repose that reach'd even me. Power, will, sensation, memory, fail'd in turn; My very essence seem'd to pass away, Like a thin cloud that melts across the moon, Lost in the blue immensity of heaven. 10 THE PELICAN ISLAND. CANTO SECOND, LITE'S intermitting pulse again went on : I woke amidst the beauty... | |
 | 1827 - 604 pages
...reach'd even me.My very essence seem'd to pass away, Power, will, sensation, memory, fail'd in turn, Like a thin cloud that melts across the moon, Lost in the blue immensity of heaven.' Thus splendidly closes the first canto. In the second, fresh wonders in the mighty deep disclose themselves;... | |
 | James Montgomery - English poetry - 1827 - 296 pages
...darkness that reveals The stars, — exchanging guard, like sentinels Of day and night, — transform'd the face of nature : Above was wakefulness, silence around, Beneath, repose, — repose that reach'd even me. Power, will, sensation, memory, fail'd in turn ; My very essence seem'd to pass away,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...repose that reach'd even me. Power, will, sensation, memory, fail'd in turn; ¡ My very essence seem'd to pass away, • Like a thin cloud that melts across the moon, I Lost in the blue immensity of heaven. CANTO II. Lire's intermitting pulse .igain went on : I woke... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 510 pages
...darkness that reveals The stars, — exchanging guard, like sentinels Of day and night, — transfbrm'd the face of nature : Above was wakefulness, silence around, Beneath, repose, — repose that rcach'd even me. Power, will, sensation, memory, fail'd in turn; My very essence seem'd to pass away,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1841 - 400 pages
...darkness that reveals The stars, — exchanging guard, like sentinels Of day and night, — transform'd the face of nature : Above was wakefulness, silence around, Beneath, repose, — repose that reach'd even me. Power, will, sensation, memory, fail'd in turn ; My very essence seem'd to pass away,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...darkness that reveals The stars. — exchanging guard, like sentinels Of day and night, — transform'd the face of nature : Above was wakefulness, silence around. Beneath, repose, — repose that rcach'd even me. Power, will, sensation, memory, fail'd in turn i My very essence seem'd to pass away.... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 428 pages
...they lost ; — Till light that hides, and darkness that reveals, The stars, — exchanging guard, like sentinels Of day and night, — transformed the...across the moon, Lost in the blue immensity of heaven. EXERCISE ni. — THE WEST. — Anonymous. [The prevailing style of this piece, is that of animated... | |
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