Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene... The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Page 29edited by - 1803Full view - About this book
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...Libyan shores. Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades if from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : ^ Broke by...either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, 3 Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is -formed... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 458 pages
...JEn. iv 1(33., Withtn a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride ; Broke by the jutting land on eithfr side, In double streams the briny waters glide Between two rows of rocks : a Stlvian scene ts... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...Libyan shores. Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride. Broke by the...the briny waters glide. Betwixt two rows of rocks, a sylvan scene/ ' Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd bmeath, with mossy seats,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...Libyan shores. Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride, Broke by the...In double streams the briny waters glide. Betwixt tM'o rows of rocks, a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...Libyan shore«. Within a long recess there lies a bay. An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride, Broke by the jutting land on either side : In double streams tbe briny waters glide. Betwixt two rows of rocks, a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 530 pages
...umbrd. 1. Mn. Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride. Broke by the...either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Between two rows of rocks : a Sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green. DRTDEN. Naples... | |
| 1813 - 432 pages
...lies a bay: An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : 1 Broke by the jutting land, on either side, In double...a silvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever greeu : A grot is form'd beneath, with mosey seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats. Down... | |
| Virgil - 1819 - 488 pages
...excited, but with very little serenity, on viewing the disastrous effects of the late hurricane. 229. An island .... forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land, on either side, VOL. I. p In double streams the briny waters glide Betwixt two rows of rocks : a silvan scene Appears... | |
| 1819 - 614 pages
...he is Within a long recess there lies a bay ; \n island shades it from the rolling sea, And forras a port secure for ships to ride ; ) Broke by the jutting land, on either side V In double streams the briny waters glide, ) Betwixt two rows of rocks ; a sylvan scene Appears above,... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...Libyan shores. Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : "\ Broke by...briny waters glide, } Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats,... | |
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