| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...Thro' fields of air ; pursues the flying storm ; Rides on the volley'd lightning thro' the heavens; Or yok'd -with whirlwinds and the northern blast, Sweeps the long tract of day. Then high she soan The blue profound , and hovering round the sun. Beholds him pouring the redundant... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...fields of air j pursues the flying storm;. Hides on the volley'd lightning thro' the hcav'ns ; Or, yok'd with whirlwinds and the northern blast, Sweeps the lo'ng tract 'of day. Then high she soars The blue profound, and hovering round the sun, Beholds him pouring the redundant... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 344 pages
..." Pleasures of Imagination," where, speaking of God, he says, he " Rides on the volley'd lightening thro' the heav'ns, And yok'd with whirlwinds, and...is what you are to expect from him; nevertheless, bis descriptions are sometimes little inferior to Thomson. How pleased should I be, Neville, to have... | |
| Mark Akenside - 1807 - 254 pages
...Through fields of air; pursues the flying storm; Hides on the vollied lightning thro' the heavens; Or, yok'd with whirlwinds and the northern blast, Sweeps the long tract of day. Then high she soars The blue profound, and hovering round the sun Beholds him pouring the redundant... | |
| Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - English literature - 1808 - 380 pages
...Pleasures of Imagination," where, speaking of •God, he says, he " Rides on the volley'd Kght'ning thro' the heav'ns, And yok'd with whirlwinds, and...Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy. Bloomfield has no grandeur or "freight, he is a pastoral poet, and the simply sweet is what you are to expect from him; nevertheless,... | |
| Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...fields of air ; pursues the flying storm ; Rides on the vollied lightning through the heavens : Or, yok'd with whirlwinds and the northern blast, Sweeps the long tract of day. Then high she soars The blue profound, and hovering round the sun Beholds him pouring the redundant... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...fields of air ; pursues the flying storm ; Rides on the vollied lightning through the heavens; Or, yok'd with whirlwinds and the northern blast, Sweeps the long tract of day. Then high she soars The blue profound, and hovering round the Sun Beholds him pouring the redundant... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 400 pages
...ad74 mirable " Pleasures of Imagination," where, speaking of the Soul, he says, she . • '. t • " Rides on the volley'd lightning thro' the heav'ns,...you in Thomson. James begs leave to present you with Bloomfield'* Farmer's Boy. Bloomfield has no grandeur or height; he is a pastoral poet, and the simply... | |
| Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1813 - 730 pages
...Pleasures of Imagination," where, speaking €f the soul, he says, she " Rides on the volley'd lighming thro' the heav'ns, And yok'd with whirlwinds, and...leave to present you with Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy. Bloomfieltl has no grandeur or height ; he is a pastoral poet, and the simply sweet is what you are... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 398 pages
...from Akenside's admirable " Pleasures of Imagination," where, speaking of the soul, he says, she n Rides on the volley'd lightning thro' the heav'ns,...instances of sublimity will occur to you in Thomson. • , V James begs leave to present you with Bloomfield'a Partner's Boy. Bloomfield has no grandeur... | |
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