 Or moss-crowned fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest or verdant vales bestow ; Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around. Sad was the hour,...  The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins - Strana 9podľa William Collins - 1802 - Počet stránok 124Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1800 - Počet stránok 322
...desp'rate sorrow wild, th' affrighted man Thrice sigh'd, thrice struck his breast, and thus began : " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" Ah ! little thought I of the blasting wind, The thirst or pinching hunger that I find : Bethink... | |
 | William Collins - 1802 - Počet stránok 198
...valley's pride, Why think we these less pleasing to behold, Than dreary deserts, if they lead to gold ? " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I ber.t my way !" Oh cease, my fears ! — all frantic as I go, When thought creates unnumber'd scenes... | |
 | Sylvain Meinrad Xavier de Golbéry - 1803 - Počet stránok 382
...a s.trong sensation of melancholy, which I endeavoured to dissipate with those who shared cay fate. Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around". ******* " O cease my fears! All frantic as I go, When thought creates unnumber'd scenes of woe, What... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1803 - Počet stránok 492
...melancholy pleasure we echoed the melodious plaint of our fellow-traveler, Hassan, in the desert, — " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz' walls I hent my way." The air lay lifeless between the hills, as in a seething caldron, with no leaf stirring,... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - Počet stránok 168
...day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest, or verdant vales, beston' : Here rocks alone and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around." Yet in these beautiful lines there is a slight error, which writers of the greatest genius very frequently... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - Počet stránok 166
...springs in murmurs break away , Or moss-crown'd fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest, or verdant vales, bestow : Here rocks alone ami tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around." Yet in these beautiful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - Počet stránok 238
...moss-crown'd fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delight to know Which plains more bless'd or verdant vales bestow ; Here rocks alone and tasteless...day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" Curs'd be the gold and silver which persuade Weak men to follow far fatiguing trade ! The lily peace... | |
 | 1806 - Počet stránok 330
...springs in murmurs break away, . Or moss-crown'd fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest, or verdant...Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands are found, And f.iint and sickly winds for ever howl around. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - Počet stránok 248
...desperate sorrow wild, the affrighted man Thrice sigh'd ; thrice struck his breast ;and thus began* " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day. " When first from Schir.us' walls 1 bent my way {M All ! little thought I of the blasting wind, The thirst, or pinching... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - Počet stránok 192
...springs in murmurs break away, Or moss-crown' d fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest or verdant vales bestow. Here GO Hassan, or, The Camel Driver. Here rocks alone and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly... | |
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