 Hope's deluding glass; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air Which to those who journey near Barren, brown and rough appear: Still we tread the same coarse way; The present's still a cloudy day.  Bell's Edition - Page 113by John Bell - 1799Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...near, Barren, brown, and rough appear: Grass and flowers Quiet treads, On the meads and mountain-beads, Still we tread the same coarse way, The present's still a cloudy day. O may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see! Content me with an humble shade, jly passion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...glass ; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near. Barren, brown, and rough appear; Still we tread the same coarse way, The present 's still a cloudy day. ¾ may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see ; Content me... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pages
...glass; As yon summits, soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and rough appear ; Still we tread the...same coarse way, The present's still a cloudy day." The images here are natural and impressive, but the expression is poor, with the exception of " As... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - 1817 - 256 pages
...glass. As yon summits, soft and fair, Clad in colou-s of the air, Which, to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and rough appear ; Still we tread the same coarse way ; The present's sti'la cloudy day. O may I with myself agree, And never covet whai I see ! Content me with a humble... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 pages
...glass ; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which, to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and rough appear ; Still we tread the...same coarse way, The present's still a cloudy day. O may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see : Content me with an humble shade, My passions... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1819 - 412 pages
...glass; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which, to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and rough appear; Still we tread the...same coarse way; The present's still a cloudy day. O may I with myself agree, And never covet what 1 see ! Content me with an humble shade, My passion's... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 414 pages
...fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which, to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and rough appear ; l we tread the same coarse way ; The present's still a cloudy day. O may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see ! Content me with an humble shade, My passion's... | |
 | Fabius (pseud.) - 1821 - 112 pages
...Lordship. " As yon summits, soft and fair, Clad in colors of the air, Which to those who journey near Barren, brown, and rough appear, Still we tread the...same coarse way— The present's still a cloudy day." « Is not this," you ask, " the original of the far-famed—" " Tis distance lends enchantment to the... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pages
...Campbell : " As yon summits, soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near. Barren, brown, and rough appear. Still we tread the...same coarse way— The present's still a cloudy day." " Is not this the original of the far-famed — " 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 pages
...glass ; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and rough appear ; Still we tread the same coarse way, The present *s still a cloudy day. O may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see ; Content me with... | |
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