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" O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault,... "
The gallery of nature: a tour through creation - Page 72
by Thomas Milner - 1860
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The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1835 - 472 pages
...687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred liehl. When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light : . So, many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The...
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The American First Class Book: Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation ...

John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne tne vivid planets roll, And sOTs unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, » O'er the dark...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Morning Sounds. — BEATTIE. But who the melodies of mora can tell ? The wild brook babbling down the...
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The Pilot, or Sailors' magazine. [Continued as] Sailors' magazine

British and foreign sailors' society - 1838 - 456 pages
...a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.' "Without the light of the moon, the inhabitants of the polar regions would be for weeks and months...
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Progressive Exercises in Rhetorical Reading: Particularly Designed to ...

Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 pages
...a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; around her throne the vivid planets roll, and stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole ; o'er the dark trees a yellower...sight, eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. 172 When the battle was ended, the stranger disappeared ; and no person knew whence he had come, or...
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Truth without fiction, and religion without disguise; or, The two Oxford ...

Truth - 1837 - 566 pages
...the rich prospects around, Homer's picturesque scenery, though it was mid-day, came to his mind — ' Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise,...sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light."* His mind felt a calm pleasure congenial with the peaceful scenes around him, and as he looked up to...
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Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 480 pages
...the combat sought, A wealthy priest, but rich without a fault." Conclusion of Book VIII. v. 687. " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long...
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Noctes Ambrosianae, Volume 1

John Wilson - 1892 - 438 pages
...a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars uunumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower...sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light." Pope's Homer, Iliad, viii., 687-698. Wordsworth's critique is as follows: — "To what a low state...
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Hawaii

Anne M. Prescott - 1893 - 268 pages
...over the hills to call on friends, staying perhaps to a musicale and coming home — " When the fair moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." " Mais, 6 Lune ! que tu es belle dans ta tristesse ! L'Ourse ^toiiee s'Sclipse devant tes charmes,...
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Hawaii

Anne M. Prescott - 1893 - 264 pages
...a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." "Mais, 6 Lune! que tu es belle dans ta tristesse! L'Ourse etoilee s' eclipse devant tes charmes, tes...
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The Fortunes of Glencore: To which is Added A Rent in a Cloud

Charles Lever - 1894 - 676 pages
...Then shine the vales ; the rocks in prospect rise — A flood of glory bursts from all the ikies ; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light.' " The Lord forgive me, but when he came to the last words and said, ' useful light,' I could n't restrain...
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