 Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit...  The Quarterly Review - Σελίδα 333επεξεργασία από - 1854Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 σελίδες
...Hotcfl. Deep throated engines belched, whose roar Imbowelled with outrageous noise the air. J/t/(un. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shoar, Swinging slow with sullen roar. When cannons did diffuse, Id. <)u secret rapine bent, and midnight... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 σελίδες
...piece of ground. Such pleasure took the serpent to behold The flowery plal, the sweet recess of Eve. On a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Id. It passes through banks of violets and flats... | |
 | John Brewster - 1829 - 632 σελίδες
...night. The sweetness of the scene is considerably heightened by the introduction of the curfew: " Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar." A morning bell is likewise rung, in winter at... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 σελίδες
...heaven's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1830 - 388 σελίδες
...hcav'n's wide pathless way, * And oft , as if her head she bow'd , Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft , on a plat of rising ground , I hear the far-off curfew Sound , Over some wide waler'd shore , Swinging slow with sutlen roar : Or, if the air will not permit , Some slill remov'd... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - 378 σελίδες
...heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide watered shore, Swinging slow with solemn roar ; What may be beyond his grasp ; yet what can he... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 σελίδες
...heav'n's wide pathless way ; 70 And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, 58 Smoothing] Shakesp. Sonnets, 51. 58 checks'] Todd's Milton, vol. vi. p. 323. 68 Biding] Euvip. Suppl.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 σελίδες
...heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide watered shore, Swinging slow with solemn roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 σελίδες
...heav'n's wide pathless way ; 70 And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, 75 Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed... | |
 | 1835 - 284 σελίδες
...forefathers — but felt that I was a stranger in that land. — WASHINGTON IRVING. THE CURFEW. Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off Curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. — MILTON. THE word Curfew is derived from the Norman word,... | |
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