 Snatch'd through the verdant maze, the hurried eye Distracted wanders; now the bowery walk Of covert close, where scarce a speck of day Falls on the lengthen'd gloom, protracted sweeps: Now meets the bending sky; the river now Dimpling along, the breezy...  Sketches of Society in Great Britain and Irleand - Side 62af Charles Samuel Stewart - 1835Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Howard Anderson - 1967 - 429 sider
...example, expansive nature is described in a distant (or prospect) view followed by a close view: Snatched through the verdant maze, the hurried eye Distracted...gloom, protracted sweeps; Now meets the bending sky, the river now Dimpling along, the breezy ruffled lake, The forest darkening round, the glittering spire,... | |
 | Richard Terry, Reader in Eighteenth-Century English Literature Richard Terry - 2000 - 300 sider
...responses: At length the finish'd Garden to the View Its Vistas opens, and its Alleys green. Snatch'd thro' the verdant Maze, the hurried Eye Distracted wanders;...Covert close, where scarce a Speck of Day Falls on the lengthen'd Gloom, protracted, sweeps; Now meets the bending Sky, the River now, Dimpling along, the... | |
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