 | William Cowper - 1835 - 390 trang
...501. We add one more specimen, where the beauty of the imagery demands the exercise of poetic talent. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure sheds her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud overcasts the solemn... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 trang
...first the comhat sought, A wealthy priest, hut rich without a fault. CONCLCSION or BOOK vin. v. 687. ander spreads her sacred light, When not a hreath disturhs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 406 trang
...the moonlight. As when in stillness of the silent night. As when the moon in all her lustre bright. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure sheds her silver light ; pure spreads sacred As still in air the trembling lustre stood, And o'er its... | |
 | 1838 - 604 trang
...full moon burst out in a flood of glory, realising Homer's noble description of an Asiatic night — " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, . < O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light — When not a breath disturhs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts... | |
 | 1815 - 560 trang
...glitters, and the shepherd's heart is cheer'd. — Cowper. How has Pope rendered this description ? As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the... | |
 | 1838 - 598 trang
...full moon burst out in a flood of glory, realising Homer's noble description of an Asiatic night — " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light — When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts... | |
 | James Wilson - 1838 - 372 trang
...: the Moonlight Scene, in the eighth hook, I here give as a specimen of Pope's translation : — " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night ! " O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light j " When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, " And not a cloud o'ercasts... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 trang
...his sons obtain'd their grace ; Proud Troy they hated, and her guilty race. The troops exulting sat in order round, And beaming fires illumined all the...when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's pure azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbe the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ereasts... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 382 trang
...the moonlight. As when in stillness of the silent night. As when the moon in all her lustre bright. As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure sheds her silver light j As still in air the trembling lustre stood, And o'er its golden border shoots... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 trang
...eyes. The Indian Emperor, And here the moonlight scene in Homer as rendered by Pope and by Cowper :— As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night ! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the... | |
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As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild... 
