 Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?  The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Side 234af English poets - 1790Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 sider
...readily could name Whate'er I law. Thou Sun, faid I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, fo freftt and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains. And ye that live and move, fan- creatures tell, Tell if ye f»w, how came I thus, how here ; Not of myl. '.L ; by fome great Maker... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 sider
...light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plain31 And ye that live and move, fair Creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ! Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in pow'r... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - 1796 - 292 sider
...fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflow'd. « —Thou Sun," faid I, " fair light, " And thou enlighten'd earth, fo frefh and gay, " Ye hills and dales, ye...tell, " Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus, how here?" Eve's addrefs to Adam, on his turning from her, after upbraiding her for being the cauie of all their... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 sider
...readily could name Whate'er I saw. Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay; Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and...Plains, And ye that live and move, fair Creatures tell, 276" Tell if ye saw, how came I thus? how here ? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness... | |
 | Richard Griffith - 1798 - 292 sider
...that I my tell' am here below. — My certainty is the fame — for how otherwife did I come here 1 "Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus? how here? "Not of myfelf." He mult love virtue, and deteft vice; Confequently , he mult both reward and punifh. If we are not... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 sider
...light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and platns, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself; hy some great Maker then, In goodness and in pow'r... | |
 | 1810 - 566 sider
...immediately after his creation, " 0 ! thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay : Ye hills and vales, ye rivers, woods. and plains. And ye That live and move, fair creatures! tell. Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here." should look up to heaven. As all the passions are, in the most lively... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 600 sider
...amusing to the imagination : * Thou Sun,' said I, ' fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye I'n-.i live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus ? how here?' His next... | |
 | George Neville Ussher - 1803 - 102 sider
...D.;ny it to a King.' SHAKESPEARE. ' And thou enlightened earth, fa frefh and gay, ' Ye hills and d.des, ye rivers, woods, and plains, ' And ye that live and move, fair creatures tell, 1 Tell,if ye faw,how came I thus,how here.' MlLTON. ' Thou/aw, fair light, 6. Adam lamenting his tranfgreffion... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 248 sider
...above, as that I myfelf am here below My certa'nty is the fame for how otherwife did I come here ? " Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus? how here? « Not of myfelf." He muft love virtue, and deleft vice. Confequent. ly he muft both reward and punifh. If we are not... | |
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