 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...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, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays 1 The long... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 pages
...her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees the world in state ; There stands a dome, majestic...pill ; This pile was, by the pious patron's aim, So many flames l>efore proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 644 pages
...unnumbered 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." — POPE'S translation of Homer's Iliad, bk. viii., lines 687-698. These lines, as a translation of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 666 pages
...unnumbered 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...bursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains, reIoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light." — POPE'S translation of Homer's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1903 - 704 pages
...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 in...prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skiesThe conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, hand, So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 pages
...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... | |
 | 1865 - 818 pages
...throne the vivid pUnoti roll, And stars unnumbered gild the globing polo ; O'er the dark trees n yellow verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's...in prospect rise ; A flood of glory bursts from all tb* skies. The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light."... | |
 | 1908 - 1176 pages
...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, (c) Many a fire before them blazed : As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful, when... | |
 | Martha Hale Shackford, Margaret Judson - 1908 - 496 pages
...her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, 17 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 Ilium blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays: The long reflections... | |
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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, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and... 
