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" twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her touch... "
The Works of the English Poets: Thomson; Hammond; Collins - Page 320
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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The New-York magazine; or, Literary repository, Volume 3

1792 - 822 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bad the lovely fcenes at diilance hail ! Still would her touch the flrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo ftill thro' all her fcn'gi •. And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfíve voice was heard...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Swift. Thompson. Watts ...

1794 - 954 pages
...whifper'd promis'd Pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail! Still would her touch the (train prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo Hill through all the fong; And where her fweeteft theme flie chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 9

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 pages
...by ftarts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes fo fair. What was thy delighted meafure .' Still it whifper'd promis'd Pleafure, And bade the lovely...the rocks, the woods, the vale. She call'd on Echo (till through all the fong ; And where her fweereft theme Ihe chofe, A foft refponlive voice was heard...
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Moore. Cawthorne. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. Gray ...

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 512 pages
...promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at i!¡ nance hail! Still would her touch the ilrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale. She call'd on Echo Hill through all the fong ; And where her fweeteft theme fhe chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard...
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The Monthly anthology, and Boston review, Volume 1

1804 - 714 pages
...delighted meafure ? Still it whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail i Still would her touch the drain prolong, And from...rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on echo ftill thro' all the fong ; And where her fweeteft theme rtie chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard at...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 1

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 692 pages
...whifper'd promis'd pleafure, And bade the lovely fcenes at diftance hail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on echo ftill thro' all the fong ; And where her fweeteft theme flie chofe, A foft refponfive voice was heard at...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And hade the lovely scenes at distance hail! Still wouhl her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all her song: Aud where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard...
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The Poetical Works of William Collins

William Collins - 1804 - 168 pages
...whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still, through all the song; And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 7

Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...promis'd pleafurc, And bade the lovely fcenes at diflancc liail ! Still would her touch the ftrain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo «ill through all the fong ; And where her fweeteft theme me chofe, A loft refponfive voice was heard...
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The poetical works of William Collins, with the comm. of Langhorne. To which ...

William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard...
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