 | Charles James Lever - 1898
...sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene, Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars...: O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And top with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales ; the rocks in prospect rise— A flood... | |
 | Charles Lever - 1898
...sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene, Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars...: O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And top with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales ; the rocks in prospect rise — A flood... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - عدد الصفحات: 200
...a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower...useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, 30 And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long reflections of the distant fires Gleam... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899
...a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." have fallen into ; — these be they : — He says of Greece in the body of his book l — that it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - عدد الصفحات: 200
...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...useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, 30 And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays; The long reflections of the distant fires Gleam... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - عدد الصفحات: 859
...sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars...shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head." — Translation of the Iliad. " To Pope the English language will always be indebted. He, more than... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902
...sacred light ; When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; ith (and the more he knows the belter), that which he should critically l>efore proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long reflections of... | |
 | William Edward Simonds - 1902 - عدد الصفحات: 483
...sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars...shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head." In this description Pope rises to his highest reach of power ; but, truly, his verses are not Homer.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903
...sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903
...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... | |
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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... 
