Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Seite 234von English poets - 1790Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 Seiten
...readily eould name Whste'er I saw. Thou Sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh eard-of, ereatures tell, Tell if ye saw, how eame -I thus, how here ; Not of myself, by some great Maker then,... | |
| Thomas Brown - 1826 - 522 Seiten
...readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou sun, said I, fair light ! And thou,enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and...live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, "if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ; — Not of myself; — by some' great Maker then, In goodness and... | |
| John Aikin - 1826 - 840 Seiten
...could name Whate'er I saw. ' Thou Sun,' said I, * fair light, And thou enlightcn'd Earth, so fresh a while may stud, And Honour linger ere it leaves the land. saw, how I came thus, how here ? — Not of myself; — by some great Maker then, In goodness and in... | |
| Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 Seiten
...objects to thost that are inanimate. "Thou Sun, said I, fair light! And thou enlightened earth, so fresh and gay! Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if you know, how came I thus;—how here!'' "Nature, Great Parent, whose directing hand Rolls round the... | |
| Questions - 1828 - 104 Seiten
...said I, fair Light ! " And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, " Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivera, Woods and Plains, " And Ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, " Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ?" Q. What is 'Aposiopesis? A. A half uttered threat, or other exclamation... | |
| Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 Seiten
...readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou Sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and...that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how beret Not of myself; hy some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent... | |
| John Milton - 1829 - 426 Seiten
...could name Wliate'er I saw. ' Thou sun,' said I, * fair light, And tliou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and...that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw, ho« came I thus, how here? Not of myself; hy some great Maker then, In goodness ahd in power... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 662 Seiten
...the mouth of our first parent ! " Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlightened earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if you saw, how came I thus, how here ; Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness, as in power... | |
| Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 Seiten
...readily coold name Whate'er I saw. Thou Son, said I, fair li^ht, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers> woods, and plains, And ye^hat live and move, fair ereatures teH, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself;... | |
| Robert Morehead - 1830 - 510 Seiten
...immediately upon his creation: -" Thou Sun, said I, fair light, And tlinu, enlightened Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell if ye saw how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself, by some great Maker then, &c. Paradise Lost, book viii.... | |
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