 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1899 - 318 pages
...Goldsmith has enriched his Deserted Village. " As some tall dill", that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and mid-way leaves the storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." The sunshine, it is true, was very far from being eternal,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...warmth exprest, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his Jove, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling .fence that skirts the way, With... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 pages
...smile. His ready smile a parent', warmih exprest : Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, aud midway leaves the storm, Though rouud its breast the rolling clouds... | |
 | 1819 - 552 pages
...hanging half way down their sides, — and forcibly reminded me of the beautiful lines of Goldsmith — ' As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.' This appears to be literally the case with these mountains... | |
 | Andrew Reed - 1819 - 342 pages
...those beautiful lines of Goldsmith : " Like some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." Mrs. Russell, on the other hand, appeared the contrast... | |
 | Hugh William Williams - 1820 - 468 pages
...cibly reminds us of the beautiful simile suggested to Goldsmith by the sublime scenery of the Alps : As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. DESERTED VILLAGE. Placed amidst these tremendous solitudes,... | |
 | Andrew Reed - 1820 - 352 pages
...those beautiful lines of Goldsmith : " Like some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm : Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread. Eternal sunshine settles oil its head." Mrs. Russell, on the other hand, appeared the contrast... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their care distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest ; Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the stonu. Though round its breast the rolling clouds... | |
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To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,... 
