 Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy...  The Monthly Magazine - Page 2921799Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Gosse - Authors, English - 1882 - 252 pages
...with a regret that the lyre once held by the lastnamed poet has degenerated into hands like Gray's: " Hark ! his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! lyre... | |
 | Mowbray Walter Morris - 1882 - 424 pages
...glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But ah ! 'tis heard no more Oh ! lyre divine,... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1882 - 686 pages
...coursers of ethereal * race, i05 With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace. HI- 3Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. ,i0 But, ah ! 'tis heard no more : O lyre... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1883 - 596 pages
...bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace.5 in. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn." i Milton, "Paradise Lost," vi. 77i.— GRAY.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Book jackets - 1885 - 164 pages
...Two Coursers of ethereal race, 105 With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-resounding pace. III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts, that breath, and words, that burn. 1 10 But ah ! 'tis heard no more Oh! Lyre... | |
 | English poetry - 1885 - 686 pages
...Glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! lyre... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - English poetry - 1885 - 702 pages
...Glory bear Two courser, of ethereal race, With necks in thander clothed, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from lier pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh! lyre... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...Two coursers of ethereal * race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace. 95 HI. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But, ah ! 'tis heard no more : O lyre divine,... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1887 - 686 pages
...coursers of ethereal * race, i05 With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace. HI. 3Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. no But, ah ! 'tis heard no more : O lyre divine,... | |
 | K. L. Armstrong - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1889 - 460 pages
...principles, Which represent and rule created life — The love of self, our fellows, and our God.—Bailey. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. — Gray. I hold it truth with him who sings... | |
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