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" 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... "
The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author - Page 67
by Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 132 pages
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 30

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1764 - 616 pages
...whifper'd promis'dpleafure, And bad the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the drain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo (till thro' all her fong ; And where her fweetell theme me chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins: With Memoirs of the Author; and ...

William Collins, John Langhorne - 1765 - 210 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the {train prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo ftill thro' all the fong ; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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A Collection of the Most Esteemed Pieces of Poetry, that Have Appeared for ...

Moses Mendez - 1770 - 334 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bad the lovely fcenes'at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo [till thro' all the fortg ; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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The Poetical Works of William Collins: With Memoirs of the Author; and ...

William Collins - 1781 - 200 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on echo (till thro' all the fong ; . And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 2

1781 - 512 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo ftill thro' all the fong ; And where her fweeteft theme flie chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Intended as a Specimen of the Types: At the ...

John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ] Stiil would her touch the fcene prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on echo ftill through all the fong; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der schönen Wissenschaften, Volume 4

Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1789 - 454 pages
...whifper'd promis'd plealure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance haill Still would her touch the drain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on. Echo (till thro' all the fong; And where her fweetelr1 theme fhe choie, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...wlnfper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely Icenes at diftance hail. Still would her touch the ftrain prolong ; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo ftill through all her fong : And, where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 58

English poets - 1790 - 270 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo ftill through all the fong; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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Beauties of literature, selected from various authors by H. Waylett

Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely feenes atdiftance hail ! Still would her touch the fee'ne prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo ftill thro' all thefong ; And where her fweetcft theme flie chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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