 | John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...CLXIV. Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, ^ And view the ocean leaning on the sky i >-'^ From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. » CLXV. This I foretel, from your auspicious care, i,"S. Who great in search of God and Nature grow... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...Aadsometimes it issued inabsurdities, of which perhaps he was not conscious: Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky...we shall know, And on the lunar World securely pry. , ' wse lines have no meaning • but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, Tis so... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...may gain, and all may be supply'd. CXI. IV. Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling...we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. CLXV. This I foretel, from your auspicious care, Who great in search of God and Nature grow; Who bestyour... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...sometimes it issued in absurdities, of which perhaps he was not conscious : Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky...we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. These lines have no meaning • but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, Tis so... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...danger; sif.ly. We upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky; rrom thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world iccurely pry. DryJeo. - . ... f , ni/ in jet ur~e. i T^hc cause of safety ; protection; defence They,... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...issued in absurdities, of which perhaps lie, was conscious : Then we upon our orbs last verge shall g°, And see the ocean leaning on the sky, from thence...we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. These lines ferve ire meaning r fent majr w« not say in imitation of Cowfey on another hook, •TS»... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky ; From tlienoe our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. Tins 1 foretel, from your auspicious care, Who great in search of God anil Nature grow; Who best your... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...these lines : ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, ' And see the ocean leaning on the sky; f From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know,...allow that there was one good pun in " Menagiana," I think on the word corps? 1 Dr. Johnson's memory here was not perfectly accurate : "« Eugenio" does... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...more exact measure of longitude. Dryden. 164. Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky: From thence our rolling...we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. 165. This I foretel from your auspicious care, * Who great in search of God and nature grow; Who best... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 476 pages
...themselves are both poetical and expressive : ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky'; From thence our rolling...we shall know/ And on the lunar world securely pry. In short, Dryden never fails in the power of elegant expression, till he ventures upoit something which... | |
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Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. 
