 QUEEN of the silver bow ! — by thy pale beam, Alone and pensive, I delight to stray, And watch thy shadow trembling in the stream, Or mark the floating clouds that cross thy way. And while I gaze, thy mild and placid light Sheds a soft calm upon my...  The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Pagina 473geredigeerd door - 1783Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charlotte Smith - 1786 - 64 pagina’s
...breaft ; And oft I think, fair planet of the night, That in thy orb, the vvretched may have reft : Thc fufferers of the earth perhaps may go, Releas'd by...and woe Forget in thee, their cup of forrow here. Oh ! that I foon may reach thy world ferene, Poor wearied pilgrim in this toiling fcene! SONNET V.... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1786 - 68 pagina’s
...way. And while I gaze, thy mild and placid light Sheds a foft calm upon my troublcd breaft; And oft I think, fair planet of the night, That in thy orb, the wretched may have reft: The fufferers af the earth perhaps may go, Releas'd by death— to thy benignant fphere, And the fad children of... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1789 - 144 pagina’s
...way. And while I gaze, thy mild and placid light Sheds a foft calm upon my troubled bread ; And oft I think, fair planet of the night, That in thy orb,...and woe Forget in thee, their cup of forrow here. Oh ! that I foon may reach thy world ferene, Poor wearied pilgrim— in this toiling fcene ! SONNET... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1789 - 140 pagina’s
...way. And while I ga2e, thy mild and placid light Sheds a foft calm upon my troubled breaft ; And oft I think, fair planet of the night, That in thy orb,...benignant fphere, And the fad children of defpair and woe _ Forget in thee, their cup of forrow here. Oh ! that I foon may reach thy world ferene, Poor wearied... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 pagina’s
...way. And while I ga?e, thy mild and placid light Sheds a foft calm upon my troubled bread ; And oft l think, fair planet of the night ! That in thy orb...benignant fphere ; And the fad children of defpair and woe Fbrget, in thec, their cup of forrow here. О! that I foon may reach thy world ferenc, Poor weatied... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pagina’s
...gaze, thy mild and placid light Sheds a soft calm upon my troubled breast; And oft I think,—fair planet of the night, That in thy orb the wretched may have rest: The sufferers of the earth perhaps may go, Keleus'd by death—to thy benignant sphere; And the... | |
 | 1808 - 356 pagina’s
...and revered by the great and the learned. For the Literary Magazine. EvENING MEDITATIONS. " And oft I think, fair planet of the night, That in thy orb the wretched may have rest !" CRIED MITIO, as he was walking one evening, and gazing on the placid countenance of the moon,... | |
 | 1808 - 506 pagina’s
...And while I gaze, thy mild and placid light Sheds a soft calm upon my troubled breast ; • And oft I think— fair planet of the night, . .-'"' That in thy orb the wretched may have rest. The sufferers of the earth perhaps may go, lleleas'd by death — to thy benignant sphere ; And... | |
 | 1814 - 286 pagina’s
...2. And while I gaze, thy mild and placid light Sheds a soft calm upon my troubled breast : And oft I think,— fair Planet of the Night, — That in thy Orb the wretched may have rest : The Sufferers of the Earth perhaps may go — Releas'd by Death, — to thy benignant Sphere... | |
 | Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 pagina’s
...Still while I gaze, thy mild and placid light Sheds a soft calm upon my troubled breast ; And oft I think, fair planet of the night, That in thy orb the wretched may have rest. The suft'rers of the earth, perhaps, may go, Rfleas'd by death, to thy benignant sphere ; : And... | |
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