...yellower »erdure shed, And tip with silver every roooouin's head; Then shine the vales, the rock* in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all...swains rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and ties* the useful light. Milton's description, we see, leaves off, where Homer's begins; and though...

...vales, the rocks in prospect ri^e, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious strains rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Milton's description, we see, leaves off, where Homer's begins; and though the quotation is somewhat...

...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimm'ring Xanthus with their rays: The long reflections...

...after this fashion that Pope rendered the famous moonlight passage in his translation of the Iliad : " Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies," etc. "Strange to think of an enthusiast," says Wordsworth, "reciting these verses under the cope of...

...deeper verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head : The conscious swains, rejoicing at the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." In these lines we have indisputable evidence of the fact that Homer's clearness of conception is not less...

...her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, 30 And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long...

...her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head : Then shine the vales—the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains,...

...her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every...sight. Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays. The long reflections...

...her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze. And lighten glimmering Xanthns with their rays. The long reflections...

...her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long...