 ... 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...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 1301839Full view - About this book
 | William Collins - 1802 - 198 pages
...the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still thro' allthe song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft...sung,— but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose, He throw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet... | |
 | William Collins - 1802 - 206 pages
...her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still thro' all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose,...Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair. G 2 And longer had she sung, — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose, He threw his blood-stain'd... | |
 | 1802 - 436 pages
...prospeft of happineis at a distance ; her exquisite influence over the mind is beautifully touched. " And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close." Delighted with her own power and her own execution, she " enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair."... | |
 | 1802 - 448 pages
...dislike Hope's being interrupted by revenge ; despair generally follows the milder dictates of hope. " With a frown Revenge impatient rose — He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down." &c. With less propriety Akenside makes revenge feminine, but it r,e* yertheless is the more striking.... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose,...Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair." In what an exalted light does the above stanza place this great master of poetical imagery and harmony!... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 168 pages
...touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose,...Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair." In what an exalted light does the above stanza place this great master of poetical imagery and harmony... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all her song: Aud where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive...heard at every close; And HOPE, enchanted, smil'd, and wavM her golden hair. And longer had she sung— hut, with a frown, REVENGE impatient rose. He threw... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song; And when her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice...and wav'd her golden hair. And longer had she sung — hut, with a frown, impatient rose, And threw hisblood-stain'd swordjn thunder uu,». And, with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still thro' all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at ev'ry close ; And Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair. And longer had she sung — but... | |
 | 1806 - 184 pages
...touch the strain prolong, And fifom the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still thro' all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose,...Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd her golden hair. i And longer had she sung— but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose, He threw his blood -stain'... | |
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