 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 420 pàgines
...less imposing than the fine poetic picture with which Goldsmith has enriched his Deserted Village. " As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Etermd sunshine settles on its head." The sunshine, it is true, was very far from being eternal;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pàgines
...His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distress'd ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom' d furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master... | |
 | 1825 - 896 pàgines
...His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare plcas'd him, and their cares distress'd ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on Ids head." — Deserted Pillage.— T. There is another defect... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1825 - 614 pàgines
...happiest hours. Of such a man may I not say in the well known and beautiful language of Goldsmith, — " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. But, Sir, I check myself in these hurried and too much... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pàgines
...His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed: To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given,...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread^ Eternal sunshine settles on its head. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pàgines
...were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions." 2 SAMTCL, i. 23. " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." GOLDSMITH. " She came in all her beauty, like the moon... | |
 | 1828 - 348 pàgines
...circumstance seems to justify the bold imagery and beautiful description of a mountain given by the Poet : " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." GOLDSMITH. The comfortable inn, situated near this romantic... | |
 | P. Finan - 1828 - 420 pàgines
...very forcibly, to my mind Goldsmith's beautiful 4•4, comparison of the country Clergyman :—• As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...midway leaves the storm : Though round its breast the gathering clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. It is a most singular fact that... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1829 - 156 pàgines
...to rise. To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had vent in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful...vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its head the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." FOURTEEN years had passed... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pàgines
...GOLDSMITH. 17 1 The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Even children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. , THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER AND THE VILLAGE INN. BESIDE... | |
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To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,... 
