 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 - Seite 89von Sir Francis Bond Head - 1859 - 495 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1814 - 310 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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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