 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
 | Virgil - 1834 - 314 pages
...lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : 230 Broke by the jutting land, on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Between two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green: A grot is form'd... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1835 - 466 pages
...bav : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke bv the jutting land on either side, In double streams...briny waters glide : Betwixt two rows of rocks: a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves lor ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats,... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 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...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,... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1837 - 358 pages
...scene : — " 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 formed beneath, with mossy seats,... | |
 | Wight Isle of - 1839 - 172 pages
...known lines: — 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 formed beneath, with mossy seats,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 854 pages
...The land, if not restrained, had met your way, Projected out a neck, and jutted to the sea. Dryden. Broke by the jutting land on either side ; In double streams the briny waters glide. Id. It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem, and be independent of it. Hroume. Day after day... | |
 | 1842 - 358 pages
...: — " Within a long recess there lies a bay :• An island shades it from the railing s<:;i, 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 formed beneath, with mossy seats,... | |
 | Henry Godwin - 1842 - 1018 pages
...Virgil :— Within .i long recess there lies a liiiy ; An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride ; Broke by the...side, In double streams the briny waters glide."* " Euge ! euge ! (excellent ! excellent !) my Agricola !" cried Suetonius, " I would that our own ships,... | |
 | Malachi Mouldy (pseud.) - 1844 - 328 pages
...Virgil : — Within a long recess there lies a bay ; An island shudes it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride ; Broke by the...side, In double streams the briny waters glide."* " Euge ! euge ! (excellent ! excellent !) my Agricola !" cried Suetonius, " I would that our own ships,... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - 1847 - 524 pages
...vEjiEID, I. 161. 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. , DRYDEN'S VIRGIL. There is a place, Australian Squatters say, Within the long expanse of Moreton Bay,... | |
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