 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 702 sider
...wood, From houfe to hqufe, .from hill to hill, Till Contemplation had her fill. About his chequer' d fides I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind,...And groves, and grottoes where I lay, -. And viftoes fhooting beams of day i Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a fmooth canal i The mountains... | |
 | 1782 - 516 sider
...ftilJ, At the fountain of a rill, Sat upon a flow'ry bed, With my hand beneath my head, While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood,...And groves and grottoes, where I lay, And viftoes fhooting beams of day.. Wide and wider fpreads the vale. As circles on a fmooth canal : The mountains... | |
 | 1782 - 402 sider
...a confumptive disorder, which be had flfuggled with many years. While ftray'd my eyes o'er JTowy.'* flood. Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe,...behind, And groves and grottoes where I lay, And viftoes mooting beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the Vale ; i As circles on a fmooth canal ; •••••... | |
 | 1805 - 538 sider
...eveningßill, At the fountain of ai ill, Set upon a flow'ry bed, With my hand beneath my head, While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From houfe to houle, from hill to hill, Till Contemplation had her fill. The improvements here do not appear very... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 sider
...ftill, At the fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flow'ry bed, With my hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood,...behind, And groves and grottoes where I lay, And viftoes mooting beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the vale ;' As circles on a fmooth canal ; The mountains... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - 544 sider
...At the fountain of a rill, Sat Sat upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head ; While/?rfl}'W my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood,...from hill to hill, Till contemplation had her fill. The author now agreeably defcribes the circumftance of afcendinga hill, with the confequent gradual... | |
 | 1786 - 828 sider
...profpcct, wider," &c. are fo extenJive, that they approach to the true f ublime : About his chcquer'd fides I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind, And groves and grottos where I lay, And viitas_/b><i/;«f beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the valt ; Like circles... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789 - 484 sider
...iKH, At the fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flow'ry bed With my hand beneath my head ; And ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood,...wind, ,And leave his brooks and meads behind, And leave his brooks And viftoes fhooting beams of day: Wider and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789 - 486 sider
...rill, Sate upon a flow'ry bed With my hand beneath my head; And ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's floods Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe ,' from...I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind, And leave his brooks And viftoes ('hooting beams of day: Wider and wider ipreads the vale; As circles 6n.a... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 270 sider
...ftill, At the fountain of a rill, 'Sate upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood,...behind, And groves, and grottoes where I lay, And villoes mooting beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a fmooth canal : The... | |
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Wide and wider spreads the vale, As circles on a smooth canal ; The mountains round, unhappy fate! Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their summits from the skies... 
