 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
 | 1825 - 398 pages
...then perused. - Thou sun, said F, fair light And thou enlightened earth, so freih and gay ; Ye lulls and dales, ye rivers, woods and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw how 1 came thus, how here ? Not of myself;——————By some great Maker then, In goodness... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 278 pages
...light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay,! Ye hills and d;>ls ye rivers, woods, and plams, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if you saw, how caml* I thus, how here ? We shall give a remarkably fine example of this fi^ur*, from bishop Sherlock.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...obey'd, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. ' Thou Sun,' said I, * fair light, And thou enlightcn'd lish Bounty yet a while may stud, And Honour linger ere it leaves the land. ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? — Not of myself; — by some great Maker then, In goodness and... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...tongue obey'd, and readily could name Whate'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, 276 Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ?— Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness... | |
 | 1827 - 264 pages
...; to speak I tried, and forthwith spake ; My tongue obeyed, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou Sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlightened...Plains, And ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, 276 Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? 2/7 Not of myself; — by some great Maker then, In... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 328 pages
...objects 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 rivers, woods, and plain% And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, I, Tell, if you saw, how came I thus, how here... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 pages
...fertility in transferring the properties and qualities of living objects to thost that are inanimate. "Thou Sun, said I, fair light! And thou enlightened...live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if you know, how came I thus;—how here!'' "Nature, Great Parent, whose directing hand Rolls round the seasons... | |
 | Questions - 1828 - 104 pages
...said I, fair Light ! " And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, " Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivera, Woods and Plains, " And Ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, " Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ?" Q. What is 'Aposiopesis? A. A half uttered threat, or other exclamation... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 662 pages
...heart which does not echo back the reflections which Milton puts into the mouth of our first parent ! " Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlightened...move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if you saw, how came I thus, how here ; Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness, as in power preeminent ; Tell... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...tongue obeyed, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. 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 beret Not of myself; hy some great Maker then, In goodness and in power... | |
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