 | 1758 - 352 Seiten
...From houfe to houfe, 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 mooting beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a fmooth canal : The mountains... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 Seiten
...From houfe to houfe, 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 mooting beams of day : Wider and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a fmooth canal : The mountains... | |
 | 1765 - 396 Seiten
...From houfe to houfe, from hill to hill, 'Till Contemplation had her fill. . About his chequer'd fides I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind, 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 round, unhappy fate !... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 392 Seiten
...From houfe to houfe, 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 mooting beams of day ! Wide and wider fpreads the vale j As circles on a fmooth canal ; The mountains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 702 Seiten
...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...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 round, unhappy fate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 368 Seiten
...From houfe to houfe, from hill to hill, Till Contemplation had her fill. About his chequer'd fides I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind, A.nd groves, and grottoes where I lay, And viftoes mooting beams of dayii Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a finooth canal i The mountains... | |
 | 1782 - 516 Seiten
...From houfe to houfe, from hill to hill, Till Contemplation had her fill. About his chequer'd fides I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind ; 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 round, unhappy fate I... | |
 | 1782 - 402 Seiten
...houfe to houfe, 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 mooting beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the Vale ; i As circles on a fmooth canal ; •••••... | |
 | 1805 - 538 Seiten
...Ionic lines, entirely new, and on the whole fufficiently beautiful ¡ — About his chequer'd fides I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind ; And groves and grottoes where I lay, And viltas (booting beams of day. Wide, and wider Ipreads the vale, As circles on a fmooth canal : The... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 Seiten
...From houfe to houfe, 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 mooting beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the vale ;' As circles on a fmooth canal ; The mountains... | |
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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, And lessen as the others... 
