 | Old Humphrey - 1846 - 256 pages
...? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes...joys of life's unmeasured way ; Thus from afar each dim discovered scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been ! And every form that fancy can... | |
 | Maria Jane McIntosh - 1843 - 234 pages
...This was done, and on the morrow Frederic returned to Laurel Grove. CHAPTER XIII. " Thus, from afar, we linger to survey The promised joys of life's unmeasured way ; Thus, from afar, each dim-distinguished scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been, And every form that fancy... | |
 | John Spence (jr.), Young physician - 1847 - 184 pages
...the mirage that is formed on the summer horizon, which, as you near it, dissolves and melts away. " 'T is distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." The Tower, including the several buildings, extends over a surface of twelve acres. The large square... | |
 | David Lester RICHARDSON - 1848 - 580 pages
...cliffs of shadowy tint appear, More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? ' Tis distance I: nds enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. I have read this passage for the sake of the last couplet, which is one of those fine illustrations... | |
 | 1849 - 330 pages
...landscape shining near? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the Tiew, And robes the mountain in it s azure hue. Thus, with delight we linger to survey...pleasing seems than all the past hath been ; And every form that Fancy can repair From dark oblivion, glows divinely there." 143 There is a kind of inexpressible... | |
 | William Beattie - 1850 - 576 pages
...f Why do those cliffs, of shadowy tint, appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." On the 31st of May, a month after the publication of his poem, Campbell writes thus to Mr. James Thomson:—"... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1850 - 528 pages
...Why do those cliffs, of shadowy tint, appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." On the 31st of May, a month after the publication his poem, Campbell writes thus to Mr. James Thomson... | |
 | 1850 - 178 pages
...sky? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint apocar More sweet than all the landscape shining near? 'Tie distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. (Applause.) The reign of Queen Elizabeth is commonly taken as the golden age of this country — the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1850 - 514 pages
...Why do those cliff's, of shadowy tint, appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." On the 31st of May, a month after the publication of his poem, Campbell writes thus to Mr. James Thomson:—... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1851 - 196 pages
...the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near i *T is distance lends enchantment to the view, And...pleasing seems than all the past hath been ; And every form, that fancy can repair From dark oblivion, glows divinely there. What potent spirit guides the... | |
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T is distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight we linger to survey The promised joys of life's unmeasured way ; Thus, from afar, each dim-discover'd scene More pleasing seems than all the past... 
