 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
 | John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...ohey'd, and readily could name Wliate'er I saw. ' Thou sun,' said I, * fair light, And tliou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers,...that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw, ho« came I thus, how here? Not of myself; hy some great Maker then, In goodness ahd in power... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...tongae oheyed, and readily coold name Whate'er I saw. Thou Son, said I, fair li^ht, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers> woods, and plains, And ye^hat live and move, fair ereatures teH, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself;... | |
 | William Turner - 1829 - 68 pages
...question to all the creatures around him, " Thou sun !" said he, " fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains ! Tell, if ye know, how came we thus, how here ?" Par. Lott, viii. 873—6. Nor is this beautiful description... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1830 - 510 pages
...as Milton has given it, immediately upon his creation: -" Thou Sun, said I, fair light, And tlinu, enlightened Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell if ye saw how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself, by some great Maker then, &c. Paradise Lost, book... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1830 - 492 pages
...I, fair light ! And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, wood;, and plains .' And ye that live, and move, fair creatures ' tell, Tell if ye saw how came 1 thus, how here. — Paradise Lost, book viii. 27. Both have sinn'd ! but thou Against... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1831 - 328 pages
...is finely imitated in the following examples : Thou SUD, 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, tell if ye saw, how came I thus, how here PARADISE LOST. — BOOK VIII. 273. Both have sinn'd ! but... | |
 | John Milton - 1908 - 586 pages
...Tongue obey'd and readily could name What e're I saw. Thou Sun, said I, faire Light, And thou enlight'nd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plaines And ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1909 - 1112 pages
...was, or where, or from what cause, Knew not ; to speak I tried, and forthwith spake. Thou sun, said 1, fair light. And thou enlightened earth, so fresh and...that live and move, fair creatures, tell. Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ! **•*•*• Tell me, how may I know Him, how adore, From whom... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1909 - 1116 pages
...impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way ! POPH. And thou enlightened earth, so fresh and gay. Ye hills...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ! ******* Tell me, how may 1 know Him, how adore, From whom I have... | |
 | John Milton - 1910 - 392 pages
...not. 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...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ! Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power... | |
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