 Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The moon half extinguished her crescent displays ; But lately I marked, when majestic on high She shone, and the planets were lost in her blaze.  Essay on Language - Page 126by William Samuel Cardell - 1825 - 203 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...soothe him whose pleasures, like thine, pass away ! Full quickly they pass, but they never return ! " Now gliding remote on the verge of the sky, The moon, half extinct, a dim credent display* i But lately 1 mark'd, when majestic on high She shone, and the planets... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...verge of the sky, The moon half-extinguish'd her crescent displays . But lately I mark'd, when majestic on high, She shone, and the planets were lost in her blaze. Roll on, thou fair orb, and with gladness pursue The path that conducts thee to splendour again.—... | |
 | Rufus W. Adams - Children's literature - 1818 - 322 pages
...0 soothe him, whose pleasures like thine pass away : FuH quickly they pass—but they never retm1n. *'Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The moon half extinguished, her crescent dig* plays; But lately I mark'd, when majestic on high She shone, and the planets were lost in her... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...him , whost pleaitures like tliine pass away — Full quickly they pass — but they never return. Now gliding remote on the verge of the sky, The moon...half - extinguished , her crescent displays ; But latcly I marked, when majestic on high, She sJione, and the planets were lost in the blaze. Jioll on... | |
 | James Beattie - 1821 - 230 pages
...sooth him, whose pleasures like thine pass away : Full quickly they pass — but they never return. " Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The moon...her crescent displays : But lately I marked, when majestic on high She shone, and the planets were lost in her blaze. Roll on, thou fair orb, and with... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...sooth him whose pleasures like thine pass away ; Full quickly they pass — but they never return. 3. " Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The moon half extinguish'd her crescent displays ; But lately I mark'd, when majestic on high She shone, and the... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 560 pages
...sooth him, whose pleasures like thine pass away. Pull quickly they pass — but they never return. " Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The Moon half extinguish'd her crescent displays : But lately I mark'd, when majestic on high She shone, and the... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...sooth him whose pleasures like thine pass away: Full quickly they pass — but they never return. 3. " Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The moon half extinguish'd her crescent displays: But Jately I mark'd, when majestic on high . She shone, and the... | |
 | Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...him, whose pleasures like thine pass away — •'Full quickly they pass — but they never return. ' Now, gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, ; The moon, half extinguish'd her crescent displays : * But lately I mark'd when majestic on high • She shone, and... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...soothe him, whose pleasures like thine pass away : Full quickly they pass — but they never return. ' Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The Moon, half extingnish'd, her crescent displays : But lately I mark' <I, when majestic on high She shone, and the... | |
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