...throne the vivid planets roll, And stars um.umher'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellow verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's...conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the hlue vault, and hless the useful light. So many flames hefore proud llion hlaze, And lighten glimmering...

...silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks ii\ prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing...sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light. ILIAD, Book viii. " Poetry never painted the scenery of such a night as this in more glowing and accurate...

...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...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. — Iliad v iii. I transcribe these lines, because Mr Pope says they exhibit, in the original, the...

...silver ev'ry mountain head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks conspicuous rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains rejoicing...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. 126. At the time of full moon the earth is between the sun and moon ; she is then said to be in opposition...

...vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swaine rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. Pope's Homer. BEAUTY. What is the blooming tincture of a skin To peace of mind, to harmony within?...

...throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole : O'er the dark trees a yellow verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." MOTHER. All this is very true ; but we mean only the light she receives from the sun, and which is...

...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...proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with her rays ; The long reflection of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires....

...ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shines the vale ; the rocks in prospect rise ; A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains, rejoicing...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. ILIAD, vm. 176 With the fix'd stars, fix" d in their orb that flies The planets, and all the innumerable...

...prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies. The conscious swains, rejoicing in the night, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So...blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays. Comparisons ought not to be founded on likenesses which are obscure, faint, or remote. For these, in...

...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...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. The poems differ, too, not only in their character, but in their artificial construction. The time...