 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 218 pages
...• > " Why do yon hills, of shadowy tint, appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ' Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." The morning of a wedding-day is a joyous one to the parties and their friends immediately concerned... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 218 pages
...possession. " Why do yon hills, of shadowy tint, appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near > 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue." The morning of a wedding-day is a joyous one to the parties and their friends immediately concerned... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 314 pages
...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 xtill a cloudy day. O may 1 with myself agree, And never covet what I see ! Content me With a humble... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...As yon summits, soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near Itarren, 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 — • T i< distance lends... | |
 | Mrs. L. A. Marshall - 1826 - 122 pages
...sky? Why do those clitt's of shadowy tint appear, More sweet than ull the landscape smiting near s 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azuiv hue* Thus, with delight, we linger to survey, The promised joys of life's unmeasured way; Thus,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and rough appear -r 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... | |
 | 1827 - 574 pages
...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 still a cloudy day." And then enquires—-" Is not this the original of the far-famed " —... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 260 pages
...the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight we linger to survey The promised joys of life's unmeasured way; Thus, from... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 828 pages
...the Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near? — 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight we linger to survey The promised joys of life's unmeasured way ; Thus, from... | |
 | 1828 - 812 pages
...sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadow tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ? — 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus with delight we linger to survey The promised joys of life's unmeasured way ; Thus from afar... | |
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Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?— 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. 
