...Filled with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With...

...which, from afar Comes down upon the waters; all ita hues, f *t> < POETRY OF THE SENTIMENTS. From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : ' And now they change ; a paler shadow shows Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the Dolphin, whom each pang imbues With...

...Filled with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: And now they change; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With...

...Filled with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they charge; a paler shadow strew« Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom...

...upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new color as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 't is gone — and all is gray. THE AVE...

...Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With...

...Delphinus. The common dolphin is not unlike a porpoise, but has a much sharper snout. Byron wrote : Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour, as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till—'tis gone—and all is grey. But this creature of the changing colours,...

...Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: And now they change; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With...

...all ages : an example from Byron's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage " will suffice as an illustration :— Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away ; The last still loveliest, till 'tis gone, and all is gray." "Parting day Another strange fish believed...

...all ages: an example from Byron's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage " will suffice as an illustration :— Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away; The last still loveliest, till 'tis gone, and all is gray." "Parting day Another strange fish believed...