 But his proud head the airy mountain hides Among the clouds; his shoulders and his sides A shady mantle clothes; his curled brows Frown on the gentle stream, which calmly flows, While winds and storms his lofty forehead beat; The common fate of all that's...  Poems and Translations: With the Sophy, a Tragedy - Seite 13von Sir John Denham - 1709 - 330 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903 - 636 Seiten
...so transparent, pure, and clear, That, had the self-enamour'd youth gaz'd here, So fatally deceived he had not been, While he the bottom, not his face had seen. Scott The last two lines have more music than Denham's can possibly boast. 1 May I have leave... | |
 | Andrew Lang, John Churton Collins - 1907 - 588 Seiten
...youth gaz'd here, So fatally deceived he had not been, While he the bottom, not his face had seen. But his proud head the airy mountain hides Among the clouds ; his shoulders and his sides A shady mantle clothes ; his curled brows Frown on the gentle stream, which calmly flows, While winds... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1907 - 584 Seiten
...so transparent, pure, and clear, That had the self-enamoured youth gaz'd here, So fatally deceived he had not been, While he the bottom, not his face had seen. But his proud head the airy mountain hides Among the clouds ; his shoulders and his sides A shady... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1909 - 570 Seiten
...youth gazed here, So fatally deceived he had not been, 55 While he the bottom, not his face, had seen. But his proud head the airy mountain hides Among the clouds ; his shoulders and his sides A shady mantle clothes ; his curled brows Frown on the gentle stream, which calmly flows, 60 While winds... | |
 | Sir John Denham - 1928 - 386 Seiten
...from thence delight. The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear, That had the self-enamour'd youth gaz'd here, So fatally deceiv'd he had not been, While he the bottom, not his face had seen. But his proud head the aery Mountain hides Among the Clouds; his shoulders, and his sides A shady... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 Seiten
...from thence delight. The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear, That had the self-enamour'd youth gaz'd here, So fatally deceiv'd he had not been, While he the bottom, not his face had seen. But his proud head the aery mountain hides Among the clouds; his shoulders, and his sides A shady... | |
 | Richard Harp, Stanley Stewart - 2000 - 238 Seiten
...transparent, pure, and clear, / That had the self-enamored youth gazed here, / So fatally deceived he had not been, / While he the bottom, not his face had seen."' In this distinctly Royalist context, clarity goes hand in hand with truth and restraint. As... | |
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