 | 1821 - 662 pages
...develope, if that wither'd tongue Might tell us what those sightless orbs have seen, How the world look'd when it was fresh and young, And the great Deluge...green — . Or was it then so old that History's pages Contain'd no record of its early ages ? Still silent, incommunicative elf? Art sworn to secrecy ? then... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 656 pages
...develope, if that witherM tongue Might tell us what those sightless orbs have seen, How the world look'd when it was fresh and young, And the great Deluge...green — Or was it then so old that History's pages Contain'd no record of its early ages ? Still silent, incommunicative elf? Art sworn to secrecy ? then... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...develope, if that wither'd tongue Might tell us what those sightless orbs have seen, How the world look'd when it was fresh and young, And the great Deluge...green — Or was it then so old that History's pages Contain'd no record of its early ages ? Still silent, incommunicative elf ? Art sworn to secrecy ?... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...develop, if that wither'd tongue Might tell us what those sightless orbs have seen, How the world look'd when it was fresh and young, And the great Deluge...still had left it green— Or was it then so old, that Hist'ry's pages Still silent, incommunicative .ejf ? Art sworn to secrecy ? then keep thy vows ; But... | |
 | 1822 - 690 pages
...what those sightless orbs have seen, Or was it then so old that History's pages How the world look'd when it was fresh and young. And the great Deluge still had left it green— Contain'd no record of its early ages.' Still silent, incommunicative elf? Art sworn to secrecy ? then... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...have begun Long after thy primeval race was run. Thou conldst develope, if that withered tongue Might tell us what those sightless orbs have seen, How the...History's pages Contained no record of its early ages? . ,. Still silent, incommunicative elf? Art sworn to secrecy ? then keep thy vowi ; But prythee tell... | |
 | 1823 - 610 pages
...mysteries of Hieroglyphic literaratuie, from which, DO doubt, we may eventually hope to learn ,,, " How the world looked when it was fresh and young, And the great Deluge still had left it green." We cannot, however, compliment Dr. Young on his having added much to our stock of information by the... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 614 pages
...the mysteries of Hieroglyphic literarature, from which, no doubt, we may eventually hope to learn " How the world looked when it was fresh and young, And the great Deluge still had left it green." We cannot, however, compliment Dr. Young on bis having added much to our stock of information by the... | |
 | Horace Smith - English essays - 1825 - 372 pages
...develope, if that wither'd tongue Might tell us what those sightless orbs have seen, How the world look'd when it was fresh and young, And the great deluge...green— Or was it then so old that History's pages Contain'd no record of its early ages ? Still silent ? incommunicative elf! Art sworn to secrecy ?... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 434 pages
...develope, if that wither'd tongue Might tell us what those sightless orbs have seen, How the world look'd when it was fresh and young, And the great deluge still had left it green— Or was it theu so old that history's pages Contain'd no record of its early ages ? Still silent, incommunicative... | |
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How the world looked when it was fresh and young, And the great deluge still had left it green; Or was it then so old that history's pages Contained no record of its early ages ? Still silent! 
