 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
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 sider
...Eden moves not—holier far 34:, Than ev'n this sigh the boon must be Now, upon Syria's land of roses idea :if knocking Scrooge down with it, holding him, and calling t 350 That opes the Gates of Heav'n for thee.' Hangs over sainted Lebanon; Whose head in wintry grandeur... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - 1886 - 476 sider
...effect better than Moore's famous lines on sainted Lebanon — " Whose head in wintry grandeur towei% And whitens with eternal sleet ; While Summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet." The great encircling walls of rock and snow contrast grandly with the soft beauty of the scene beneath.... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 sider
...freedom's home on man's unbounded view. ORENVILLE MELLEN. R PALESTINE. O\V, 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 the enchanted regions there, How beauteous must have been the glow,... | |
 | Sarah C. Winn - 1889 - 112 sider
...No more the work of Nature, but her dreams. James Montgomery SYRIA. 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. And then, the mingling sounds that come, Of shepherd's ancient reed, with hum Of the wild bees of Palestine,... | |
 | 1890 - 896 sider
...lines of Moore which so picturesquely describe these details : — "Now, upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes ; And, like a glory,...a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet." Nor are barren mountains utterly destitute of beaut}-. Their forms are often remarkable, their colouring... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 sider
...this sigh the boon must be That opes the Gates of Heaven for thee." 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. 1 n In the Hast, thev suppose the Phœnix, after living one thousand vears, builds himself a funeral... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1892 - 582 sider
...this 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... | |
 | Joseph Samuel Exell, Thomas Henry Leale - 1892 - 756 sider
...their choice of all the fields and wells of Palestine : — " From Egypt's river to the north, Where, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon...wint'ry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal state ; While summer, in a vale of flowers, Lies sleeping rosy at our feet." Avoid Contention! Ver.... | |
 | Harry Speight - 1892 - 502 sider
...almost say of it, as Moore says of heaven-aspiring Lebanon, — " Its head in wintry grandeur tower?, And whitens with eternal sleet ; While Summer, in a vale of flowers, Is Bleeping rosy at its feet." We must now say something of the structure of the mountain, which, as remarked,... | |
 | David Hoekzema - 1893 - 368 sider
...still! THOMAS MOORE. (b 1779 — d 1852). FROM "PARADISE AND THE PERI." Now, upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of Eve reposes, And , like a glory...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, how sparkling from... | |
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