 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 Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of ... - Page 32by John Newbery - 1762 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Roscoe - 1817 - 90 pages
...common 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 ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? — Not of myself — by some GREAT MAKER, then, In goodness and... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 378 pages
...amusing to the imagination : •/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 here?' His next sentiment, when, upon his first going to sleep he fancies... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 376 pages
...amusing to the imagination : '/Thou Snn,, said I, ' fair light, And ihon 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 here?, His next sentiment, when, upon his first going to sleep he fancies... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 424 pages
...the fol- . lowing examples. • . 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 here Paradise Lost, Book vlii.. 27. « ' * Demetrius Phalereus (of Elocution,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 pages
...mortal sin. -Thou sun, said I, fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! Ye lulls and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures lull, Tell, if you saw, how came I thus, how here ? We shall give a remarkable fine example of this... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 pages
...to procure information. " - - - Thou Sun, said t, 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 you saw, how came 1 thus, how here ?• Schotium. These examples evince, that a great part, of the most... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...could name Whate'er I saw. ' Thou Sun,' said I, ' fair light, And thou enlightcn'd Earth, so fresh kin yti that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? — Not... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 356 pages
...order to procure information. « 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, We shall give a remarkably fine example of this figure, from bishop Sherlock. He has beautifully personified... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...could name AVhate'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...Plains, And ye that live and move, fair Creatures tell, 2?6 Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself ; by some great Maker then, In goodness... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 324 pages
...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 you saw, how came I thus, how here ? cation, (he spirit and grace which (he figure, when well conducted,... | |
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