And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled. The Spectator - Page 106edited by - 1810Full view - About this book
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 310 pages
...light, in the former. -Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lam|i; but thou Revisil'st nut these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, but find no dawn.* ' And a little after. " Sea-Son? rcti rn, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or siizhl of... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 314 pages
...absence. But it •would be endless to enumerate all the pleasures and advantages of sight; everyone that has it, every hour he makes use of it, finds...little after. " Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of cv'n or mornr Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks or... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...The dark descent, and up to re-ascend, Though hard and rare: Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...dark descent, and up to re-ascend, Though hard and rare : thee 1 revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing lay, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet... | |
| 1810 - 482 pages
...Though hard and rare : thec 1 revisit §afe, Aud feel thy sov' reign vital lamp; but thou Hcvisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; ) So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim tuffusion reil'd. Yet... | |
| Nicolas Freeman, Antoine Jay - 1812 - 442 pages
...the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to re— ascend, Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe , And feel thy sov'reign vital...thou Revisit'st not these eyes , that roll in vain To fînd thy piercing ray , and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene. hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...address to light :— " Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp; but thou Revisit' st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn : So thirk a drop serene hatli queneb'd their orbs, Or <lim suffusion vcil'il. Yet... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...20 Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ; but thou KevUifst not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath qnenchM their orbs, 25 Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...Though hard and rare. Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp — but thou Revisitest not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not... | |
| John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to re-ascend, 20 Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital...eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, 2J Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet... | |
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