| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 306 pages
...er'ryjhifting gleam of morning light Tlte colours shifted of her rainbow vest. Imperial ensigns grac'd her smiling form, A golden key, and golden wand she...And blend fresh triumphs with her glories past. Vain I/ope ! No more in choral bands mile Her virgin vot'ries, and at early dawn, Sacred to MAY and LOyE'*... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...ev'ry shifting glram of morning lijtht The colours shifted of her rainbow vest. Imperial ensigns grac'd her smiling form, A golden key, and golden wand she...grateful honours of mankind to taste ; To gather fairest wreathe of future fame And blend fresh triumphs with her glories past. Tain hope ! no more in choral... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...vest. Imperial ensigns grac'd her smiling form, A golden key, and goldrn wimd she bore ; This rharms to peace each sullen eastern storm, And that unlocks...mankind to taste ; To gather fairest wreaths of future feme And blend fresh triumphs with her glories past. • Tain hope ! no more in rhoral bands unite... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...sprung spontaneous in her genial ray. Her locks with heaven's ambrosial dews were bright, And amorous zephyrs flutter'd on her breast: With every shifting...Vain hope! no more in choral bands unite Her virgin votaries, and at early dawn, Sacred to May and Love's mysterious rite, Brush the light dewdrops * from... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...sprung spontaneous in her genial ray. Her locks with heaven's ambrosial dews were bright, And amorous zephyrs flutter'd on her breast : , With every shifting...fame, And blend fresh triumphs with her glories past. 1 Written on the 25th of Jnly, 1754, when oar style or calendar naa rendered conformable to the usage... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 418 pages
...and their adoration transferred to a rival, younger than herself by at least eleven days. I am, sir, THE TEARS OF OLD MAY-DAY. Led by the jocund train...bands unite Her virgin vot'ries, and at early dawn, Sabred to May and Love's mysterious rite, Brush the light dew-drops* from the spangled lawn. To her... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...every shining gleam of jnorning light The colors shifted of her rainbow vest. Imperial ensigns grac'd her smiling form, A golden key, and golden wand, she...store. Onward, in conscious majesty, she came, The gratoful honors of mankind to taste ; To gather fairest wreaths of future fame, And blend fresh triumphs... | |
| William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...smiling fuim, A golden key, and golden wand, she bore ; Tiiis charms to peace each sullen eastern Storni, yourself what obedience is, you shall never honors of mankind to taste ; To gather fairest wreaths of future fame, And blend fresh triumphs with... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1841 - 840 pages
...shining gleam of morning light The colors shifted rtf Ъсг rainbow vest. Imperial ensigns grac'd her smiling form, A golden key, and golden wand, she...peace each sullen eastern storm. And that unlocks the Bummer's copious store. Onward, in conscious majesty, she came. The grateful honors of mankind to taste... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1859 - 854 pages
...every shining gleam of morning light The colors shifted of her rainbow vest. Imperil! ensigns grae'd her smiling form, A golden key, and golden wand, she...Onward, in conscious majesty, she came, The grateful honors of mankind to taste ; To gather fairest wreaths of future fame. And blend fresh triumphs with... | |
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