 twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...  Sonnets, and Other Poems, - Page 137by William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Penitent - 1839 - 330 pages
...1839. S21LONDON : BLATCII AKD LAJJPERT, PRINTERS, GROVE PLACE, BROMPTOX. THE PENITENT. CHAPTER I. " Thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance Hail." COLLINS. I WAS born in the... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1841 - 316 pages
...hurried hand the strings. 4. With woful measures wan Despair, In sullen sounds his grief besuil'd — 5. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy...measure? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks,... | |
 | Frederick Coombs - Phrenology - 1841 - 178 pages
...romantic, and absurd expectations. Location — a little lower and nearly on each side of Veneration. "But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy...measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure. And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks,... | |
 | P. Sadler - 1841 - 362 pages
...solemn, strange and mingled air, — 'Twas sad by fits (8), by starts 'twas wild (6). HOPE. But thou, 6 Hope! with eyes so fair, — What was thy delighted...measure ! Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail (7) : Still would her touch the scene prolong; And from the... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...beguil'd, ; | A solemn', strange', and min'gl'd air : | 'T was sad by fits ; | by starts, 't was wild. | But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, | What was thy delighted measure 1 \ Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, | And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! | Still would... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...his grief bcguil'd : A solemn, strange, and mingled air : 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy...measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her touch the strain prolong : And from the rocks,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...grief beguiPd : A solemn, strange, and mingled air : 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But them, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted...measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her touch the strain prolong : And from the rocks,... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 428 pages
...done already. Heaven and earth will witness, If Rome must fall, that we are innocent." High Notes. " But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, — What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised pleasure, . And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 328 pages
...his grief heguiled, A sullen, strange, and mingled air, Twas sad hy fits, hy starts 'twas wild. Bat thou, O Hope! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong.... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...grief beguiled, A sullen, strauge, and mingled air, Twas aad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, 0 Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong,... | |
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