Now, upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon ; Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at... Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance - Side 151af Thomas Moore - 1817 - 405 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1851 - 496 sider
...Sublime, from that valley of bliss to the world ! AN EASTERN SCENE. Now upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes, And like a glory,...flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet. To one who looked from upper air, O'er all th' enchanted regions there, How beauteous must have been the glow,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1851 - 918 sider
...sigh the boon must be « That opes the Gates of Heav'n for thee." Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses'" Softly the light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory,...over sainted LEBANON ; Whose head in wintry grandeur tow'rs, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flow'rs, Is sleeping rosy at his... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1851 - 396 sider
...north, stood the great form of Lebanon, rising above the clouds, and covered with the cedars of God— " Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens...eternal sleet ; While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is smiling rosy at his feet." Compared to these and others, Mount Sion was but a little hill — a mere... | |
| Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 sider
...repeated failures, she finds it, at last, in the tear of penitence. Now, upon Syria's land of roses, Softly the light of eve reposes; And, — like a glory,...in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet. But naught can charm the luckless Peri ; Her soul is sad, her wings are weary : — . Joyless she sees... | |
| John Milton - 1853 - 372 sider
...genius, as a whole, including its juvenile and elderly efforts, may be described in Moore's words on Lebanon : — " Whose head in wintry grandeur towers,...eternal sleet ; While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is smiling rosy at his feet." While the young will continue to prefer Comus, the more matured will prefer... | |
| John Milton - 1853 - 380 sider
...genius, as a whole, including its juvenile and elderly efforts, may be described in Moore's words on Lebanon : — " Whose head in wintry grandeur towers,...eternal sleet ; While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is smiling rosy at his feet." While the young will continue to prefer Comus, the more matured will prefer... | |
| 1888 - 862 sider
...of Samuel Morley. By Edwin. Hodder. (Hoddtr & Stonghton.) Now upon Syria's laud of roses Softly tbe light of eve reposes ; And, like a glory, the broad...wintry grandeur towers. And whitens with eternal sleet, AVhile summer, in a vale of flowers, IB sleeping rosy at his feet. MARCUS STRATFORD'S CHARGE; OR, EOY'S... | |
| William Graham - 1854 - 608 sider
...evening, and the orb of day retires blandly like a mild material god. " And now on Syria's land of roses, Softly the light of eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun, Hangs over sainted Lebanon." Nature is going to rest ; the travellers are approaching their resting-place in the Khan, where, if... | |
| 1855 - 396 sider
...for the mariner, rising above the clouds towards Heaven, and crowned with grandeur as a royal diadem. Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens...eternal sleet; While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is smiling rosy at his feet. "The bay of Jedo itself, with its populous cities and commerce, its peaceful... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1856 - 312 sider
...in !" Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses Softly the light of EVK reposes, And, like a glory, the hroad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON ; Whose head in wintry...his feet. To one, who look'd from upper air O'er all th' enchanted regions there, How beauteous must have been the glow The life, the sparkling from below... | |
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