 As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild...  Retrospective Review - Page 184edited by - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...firft the combat fought, A wealthy prieft, but rich without a fault, Conclufion of Book VIII. v. 687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure fpreads her facred light ; When not a breath difturbs the deep ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafts the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...firft the combat fought, A wealthy prieft, but rich without a fault. Conclufion of Book VIII. v. 687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure fpreads her facred light ; When not a breath difturbs the deep ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafts the... | |
 | 1784 - 1282 pages
...with tiljrer beams.— In fhort, jt wa.! a* the poet exprcflcs himfelf: THE WEEKLY ENTERTAINER. 34.1 As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure fpreads her facred light ; When not a breath difturbs the deep ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafts the... | |
 | Savary (M., Claude Etienne) - Egypt - 1834 - 598 pages
...felicity : — " The troops exulting sate in order round, And beaming fires illumined all the ground. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's...pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafts the folemn fcene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And ftars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure flied, And tip with filver every mountain's head. Then fliine the vales, the rocks in profpecl r;fe,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...firft the combat fought, A wealthy prieft, but rich Without a fault. Condition of Book VIII. v. 687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure fpreads her facred light ; When not a breath difturbs the deep ferene, And not a cloud o'crcafts the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 550 pages
...in Mr. Pope's Homer will evince that the Sublime may excite fenfations very different from terror. As when the moon,- refulgent lamp of night* O?er heaven's clear azure fpreads her facred light ; When not a breath difturbs the deep ferene, And not a cloud o*ercafts the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...firft the combat fought, A wealthy prieft, but rich without a fault. ' tonflufion of Book VIII. v. 687. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure fpreads her facred light; When not a breath difturbs the deep lerene, And not a cloud o'crcafts the... | |
 | 1793 - 542 pages
...Pope's tranflation. The troops exulting fate in order round, And beaming fires illumined all the ground. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure fpreads her facred Hght, à % When not a bit.'.th diÜuibs the deep ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafrs... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 260 pages
...a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene j Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumher'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, • And tipt with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood... | |
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