For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard... Journal: Appendix. Reports - Page 553by California. Legislature - 1889Full view - About this book
| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies,... | |
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...Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with -costly bales ; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies... | |
| 1842 - 788 pages
...of the world, and all the wonder that would be'; Saw the heavens fill'd with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies... | |
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| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 pages
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...vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales: Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies grappling... | |
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...Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales : Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies... | |
| William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 566 pages
...of the world, and all the wonder that could be : Saw the heavens filled with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales : Heard .the heavens filled with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nation's airy navies... | |
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