 | 1821 - 398 pages
...As an instance, the " shining vales" are not in the original, but taken from Chapman's " vallies." 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... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 pages
...As an instance, the " shining vales" are not in the original, but taken from Chapman's " vallies." 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... | |
 | Homerus - 1822 - 320 pages
...her guilty race. Tlie troops exulting sat in order round, And beaming fires illumin'd all the ground. 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... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1822 - 706 pages
...white barley and oats, and awaited the fair" throned morning." Pope thus translates the simile : " 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... | |
 | Rev. W. Hutton - 1822 - 306 pages
...never-failing friend of man." .' Each night we die, each day are born anew." CHAP. XVIL . THE MOON. " As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure sheds her sacred light. Then shine the vales ; the rocks in prospect rise; A flood of glory bursts... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 pages
...the rising morn. As when in stillness of the silent night, As when the moon in all her lnstre 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... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...liquid murmur pours ; And lulls the silent scene to more profound repose. MOONLIGHT. Pope's Homer. 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... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 274 pages
...turning over the pages, I saw some beautiful lines about the moon, Mary, which I got by heart for you." " 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 o'ercasts the solemn... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pages
...blame; The sons of Dares first the combat sought, A wealthy priest, but ridi without a fault. Conclusion of Book VIII. v. 687. 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 404 pages
...first the combat sought, A wealthy priest, but rich without a fault. Conclusion of Book VIII. .ยป. 687. 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... 
