 | Thomas Parnell - 1722 - 240 pages
...glimmering Fragments of a broken Sun, Banks, Trees, and Skies, in thick Diforder run, To clear this Doubt, to know the World by Sight, To find if Books, or Swains, report it right ; (For yet by Swains alone the World he knew, : Whofe Feet came wand'ringo'er the nightly Dew) He quits his Cell... | |
 | Muse - 1757 - 248 pages
...glimm'ring Fragments of a broken Sun, Banks, Trees, and Skies, in thick Diforder run. To clear this Doubt, to know the World by Sight, To find if Books or Swains report it right ; (For yet by Swains alone the World he knew, Whofe Feet came wand'ring o'er the nightly" Dew) He quits his Cell... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1791 - 608 pages
...you for the decifion of a controversy which has arifen .between a lady and me concerning a paffage in Parnell. That poet tells us, that his Hermit quitted •his cell f to know the world by fight, -x To find if books or fwains report it right; * ( For yet by fwains... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...glimm'ring fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. 5 To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right ; (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wand'ringo'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell, the... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...glimmering fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew,) He quits his cell... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...glimmering fragments of a broken sun , Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight. To find if books , or swains , report it right , (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...glimmering fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew,) He quits his cell... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...glimm'ring fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wand'ririg o'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell;... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...fragments of a broken sun, Banks , trees , and skies , in thick disorder run. To clear this doubt , to know the world by sight, To find if books or swains report it right ; (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, "Whose feet came wand'ring o'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...and skies, in thick disorder run. THE THE HERMIT. • sfti/ /-/ f'»"f ff>j / To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right; (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet cauie wand'ring o'er the nightly dew) He quits his cell,... | |
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To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew... 
