 O'er England's abbeys bends the sky, As on its friends, with kindred eye ; For out of Thought's interior sphere These wonders rose to upper air; And Nature gladly gave them place, Adopted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and...  The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire - Pagina 43door William Lefroy - 1891 - 296 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pagina’s
...Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone ; And Morning opes with haste her lids, To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky, As on its friends,...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew as grows the grass ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his... | |
 | 1848 - 602 pagina’s
...Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; And Morning opes with haste her lids To gaze npon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends with kindred eye ; For out of 1 hought's interior sphere These wonders rose to upper air, And Nature gladly gave tliem place, Adopted... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 448 pagina’s
...Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat." Such a work is that of " Paradise Lost," where earth and heaven appear contending for the mastery —... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 396 pagina’s
...Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends...rose to upper air, And nature gladly gave them place, Adapted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat." Such a work... | |
 | 1851 - 902 pagina’s
...imitations of nature, but we never can apply to them the beautiful words of the American poet : — ' O'er England's abbeys bends the sky, As on its friends with kindred eye ; For Nature gladly gave them place, Adopted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pagina’s
...morning opea with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids; O'er England's Abbeys bonds. the sky As on iU friends with kindred eye ; For, out of Thought's interior...wonders rose to upper air, And nature gladly gave them pl»-», Adopted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. These... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 358 pagina’s
...Parthenon As the beat gem upon her zone; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat." Such a work is that of "Paradise Lost," where earth and heaven appear contending for the mastery (where,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pagina’s
...Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone ; And Morning opes with haste her lids, To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky, As on its friends,...granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat. These temples grew as grows the grass ; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 344 pagina’s
...Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends...And nature gladly gave them place, Adopted them into ner race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat." Such a work is that of "Paradise... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 398 pagina’s
...Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone ; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the Pyramids ; O'er England's abbeys bends the sky As on its friends...rose to upper air, And nature gladly gave them place, Adapted them into her race, And granted them an equal date With Andes and with Ararat." Such a work... | |
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