tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon: Each... The Quarterly Christian Spectator - Page 3051829Full view - About this book
| Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1801 - 674 pages
...glare; Art, Glory, Freedom fails, but Nature still is fair. Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould! But one...behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon: Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone: Age... | |
| 700 pages
...glare; Art, Glory, Freedom fails, but Nature still is fair. Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould! But one...behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon: Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone: Age... | |
| Religion - 1813 - 996 pages
...rl,glury, freedom tails, but Nature slill is fair. •'Where'er we trend, 'lis haunted, holy ground ; No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould ! But one vast realm ol wonder spreads nround, And all the Muse's tales seem truly lo:d, Till the sense aches with guziug... | |
| English literature - 1812 - 1020 pages
...Nature still is fair. Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in volgar mould ! But one vast realm of wonder spreads around....Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazintr to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon : Each hill and dale, each deepening... | |
| American Philosophical Society - Electronic journals - 1808 - 622 pages
...childlike simplicity and naivete. They translate the reader into a realm of extravagant fancy where " One vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the muse's tales seem truly told." The gold that is sown so liberally is fairy gold, and the kings and princesses are fairy people. Not... | |
| Europe - 1825 - 776 pages
...are certainly indebted to Mr Dallas for inspiring him " Where'er we tread,'iis haunted, holy ground, N'o earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould ; But one...behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon. Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold, Defies the power which crush'J thy templet gone:... | |
| English literature - 1811 - 600 pages
...Art, Glory, Freedom fail, but Nature still is fair. '" AYhere'er we tread 'tis haunted, holjr ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould ; But one...behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon : Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone... | |
| 1811 - 546 pages
...Art, Glory, Freedom fail, but Nature still is fair. • ' Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould ; But one vast realm of wonder spread* around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1812 - 314 pages
...Freedom fails, but Nature still is fair. « • 104 LXXX. Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould ! But one...behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon : Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone... | |
| Theology - 1813 - 486 pages
...glory, freedom tails, but Nature still is fair. " AVhere'er we tr«*ad, 'tis haunted, holy ground; No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould! But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all (he Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aehcs with gazing to belmUl The Bcenrs our earliest... | |
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