 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 room Teach light to counterfeit...  Handbuch der englischen sprache und literature - Page 436by H. Nolte - 1823Full view - About this book
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...as heard by a man of meditation, we have the following circumstantiation in Milton's " Penseroso :" 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. few is made to toll requiems to the day newly deceased... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English literature - 1811 - 400 pages
...the Heaven's wide pathless way, And oft as if her head she bow'd, 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 solemn roar : Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a 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 will not permit, Some... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...the heaven's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a 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 air will not permit, Some still removed... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...Riding near her highest noon ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a 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 air will not permit, Some still, removed... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...the heaven's wide pathless way; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a 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 air will not permit, Some still removed... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...the Heav'ns wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us, without hope of end, The vassal wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...the heaven's wide pathjeu way. And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swi inging slow with sull if the air will not per llen roar j Or if the air will... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1826 - 320 pages
...dale." Example 2. The Penseroso presents the followiog, account of the ohjects of the evening. '£™ *, 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...the Heaven's wide pathless way : And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a 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 air will not permit, Some still removed... | |
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