 To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.  The Quarterly Review - Page 184publié par - 1897Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 pages
...eloquent distress, And all his love for gentle Lycid' drowned; Of lovely Laura in her light green dress, To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven,—to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament Who is more happy, when, with... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 pages
...Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, SONNETS. ) one who has been long in city pent, "Pis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer 11 in the smile of the blue firmament. ho is more happy, when, with heart's content, Fatigued he sinks... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...such an hour without admiring the beauty of nature, and adoring the love and wisdom of God. " "lis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of...a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament." The lark that mounts and sings seems to incite man to approach his Maker with adoration and gratitude... | |
 | 1846 - 590 pages
...enemy in detecting a Court Secret. V •_> A VISIT TO GKEYSTONE HALL. " To one who has been long oi city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven — to breathe a prayer Full oi the smile of the blue firmament." — KEATS. IT was one morning in the gloomy month of November... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 556 pages
...life to the amusement of the country ! — " To one who has been long in city pent, "1'is vci y tweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, to...Fatigued, he sinks into some pleasant lair Of wavy grau, and reads a debonair And gentle tale of love and langnishment ?" How refreshing must be the freedom... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1847 - 556 pages
...Lycid' druwn'd; Of lovt-ly Laura in her light-green tírese, And faithful Petrarch gloriously crown'd. To one who has been long in city pent, Tis very sweet...heaven, — to breathe a. prayer Full in the smile of I he blue firmament. Who is more happy, when, with heart's content Fatigued he sinks into some pleasant... | |
 | John Keats - 1847 - 280 pages
...Lycid' drown'd; Of lovely Laura in her light green dress, And faithful Petrarch gloriously crown'd. To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven,—to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament. Who is more happy, when, with... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1848 - 794 pages
...Homer,' is well known ; the following in a different mood is full of sweet and graceful imagery : — ' To one who has been long in city pent, Tis very sweet...when, with heart's content, Fatigued he sinks into seme pleasant lair Of wavy grass, and reads a debonair And gentle tale of love, and languishment ?... | |
 | Alpha (pseud.) - 1849 - 78 pages
...trod Humbly o'er the earth's green sod, Lift a Seraph's eye to God ! A VISIT TO GREYSTONE ' HALL. " To one who has been long in city pent, Tis very sweet...a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament." — KEATS. (From Hood's Magazine.) IT was one morning in the gloomy month of November that Arthur Lonsdale... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1853 - 548 pages
...Lycid' drown 'a; Of lovely Laura in her light-green dress. And faithful Petrarch gloriously crown'dTo one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet...the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a pray« Full in the smile of the blue firmament. Who is more happy, when, with heart's content Fatigued... | |
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