 fair light, And thou enlightened earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here...  Poetics; Or a Series of Poems and Disquisitions on Poetry ... - Page 152by George Dyer - 1812Full view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1819 - 376 pages
...very natural and amusing to the imagination : '/Thou Snn,, said I, ' fair light, And ihon enlighten,d earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers,...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus? how here?, His next sentiment, when, upon his first going to sleep he fancies... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 424 pages
...finely imitated in the fol- . lowing examples. • . Thou sun, said I, fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! Ye hills and dales, ye rivers,...that live, and move, fair creatures! tell, Tell if ye saw, how came I thus, how here Paradise Lost, Book vlii.. 27. « ' * Demetrius Phalereus (of Elocution,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 pages
...mortal sin. -Thou sun, said I, fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! Ye lulls and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures lull, Tell, if you saw, how came I thus, how here ? We shall give a remarkable fine example of this... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 pages
...heheld, iu order to procure information. " - - - Thou Sun, said t, fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay .' Ye hills and dales, ye...tell; Tell, if you saw, how came 1 thus, how here ?• Schotium. These examples evince, that a great part, of the most expressive language of passion... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...obey'd, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. ' Thou Sun,' said I, ' fair light, And thou enlightcn'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And yti that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? — Not... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...obey'd, and readily could name AVhate'er I saw. ' Thou Sun,' said I, 'fair light. And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers,...Plains, And ye that live and move, fair Creatures tell, 2?6 Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself ; by some great Maker then, In goodness... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 356 pages
...he beheld, in order to procure information. « Thou sun, said I, fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay '. Ye hills and dales, ye...plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, We shall give a remarkably fine example of this figure, from bishop Sherlock. He has beautifully personified... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 324 pages
...objects he heheld, in order to procure information. Thou sun, said I, fair light! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and'plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if you saw, how came I thus, how... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - 594 pages
...obey'd, and readily could name What'er 1 saw. Thou Sun, said I, fair light ! And tbou, enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers,...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye can, how came I thus, how here;— Not of myself ; — by some great Maker then, In goodness and... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...obey'd, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. ' Thou Sun ! (said I,) fair light, And thou eulighten'd Earth! so fresh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales! ye Rivers,...that live and move, fair Creatures ! tell, Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power... | |
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