 twas wild. 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 the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She...  Paris : Or, a Faggot of French Sticks - Página 89por Sir Francis Bond Head - 1859 - 495 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1814 - 310 páginas
...stings : In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair — Low, sullen sounds his grief beguiled ; 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 delighted... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 páginas
...hurried hand the strings. With woeful measures wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief beguil'd, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'T was sad by fits, by starts 't was wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 páginas
...stings : In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With woful measures wan Despair — Low, sullen sounds his grief beguiled ; 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 delighted... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...secret stings, In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swepi with hurried hand the string?. With woful measures wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief...beguiled: — A solemn, strange, and mingled air: — 'Twos sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted... | |
 | William Collins - 1830 - 240 páginas
...of these united ! tion of each is strongly expressed : thus particularly of Despair : " With woful measures wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild." He must be a very unskilful composer who could not catch the... | |
 | William Collins, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Sir Egerton Brydges, John Langhorne - 1830 - 234 páginas
...character and operation of each is strongly expressed : thus particularly of Despair : " With woful measures wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild." He must be a very unskilful composer who could not catch the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...secret stings; In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. With woful el Hutchinson, who was not there at the beginning, came in, and was told what they were about, an ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hopo ! with eyes so fair, What wa? thy delighted... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 páginas
...stings. In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hands the strings. With woful measures, wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air : 'Twas sad, by fits — by starts, 'twas wild. But thou, 0 Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 páginas
...stings, In one rude clash he struck the lyre — And swept, with hurried hand, the strings. 4. With woful measures, wan Despair, Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled; 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 delighted... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...stings; In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hands the strings. With woful measures wan Despair Low, sullen sounds his grief beguiled; 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 delighted... | |
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