What mortal pours the strain ?" Say (for thou seest earth, air, and main) Say : " From the bosom of yon silver isle, Where skies more softly smile, He came ; and, lisping our celestial tongue, Though not from Brahma sprung, Draws orient knowledge from... The Hindu Wife; Or, The Enchanted Fruit - Sivu 58tekijä(t) William Jones - 1876 - 126 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1806 - 636 sivua
...they were addressed, and a short introductory explanation accompanies each. The mythological allusions And, if they ask what mortal pours the strain ? Say...caves obstructed long, and paths too long obscure." and and Sanscrit names, with which the/ abound, are not sufficiently familiar to the English reader,... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1806 - 618 sivua
...were addressed, and a short introductory explanation accompanies each. The mythological allusions » , And, if they ask what mortal pours the strain ? Say...fountains pure, , Through caves obstructed long, and paths tpo long obscure," and Sanscrit names, with which they abound, are not sufficiently familiar to the... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1806 - 566 sivua
...alludes to himself in the following beautiful lines : And, if they ask what mortal pours the strain f Say (for thou seest earth, air, and main),. Say, "...caves obstructed long, and paths too long obscure." strains not unworthy of Pindar, the fabulous divinities of India, and exploring the sources of the... | |
| Sir William Jones - 1807 - 534 sivua
...rolling car, Cull'd by sage Asw'm and divine Cumar ; And, if they ask, " What mortal pours the strain f" Say (for thou seest earth, air, and main) Say : "...caves obstructed long, and paths too long obscure." Unmov'd, unrival'd, undefil'd, Reigns with providence benign : He still'd the rude abyss, and bade... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1807 - 668 sivua
...alludes to himself, in the following beautiful lines : And, if they ask what mortal pours the strain i Say, (for thou seest earth, air, and main,) Say, "...fountains pure, Through caves obstructed long, and pathi too long obicnre." and genius of the author, they supply a fund of information, equally novel... | |
| William Jones - 1807 - 534 sivua
...hymn to Surya, or the Sun, Sir William Jones alludes to himself in the following beautiful lines ; And, if they ask what mortal pours the strain ? Say (for thou seest earth, air, and matn), Say, " From the bosom of yon silver isle, Where skies more softly smile, He came; arid lisping... | |
| Sir William Jones - 1807 - 554 sivua
...hymn to Surya, or the Sun, Sir William Jones alludes to himself in the following beautiful lines : And, if they ask what mortal pours the strain ? Say (for thou seest earth, air, and mam), Say, " From the bosom of yon silver isle, Where skies more softly smile, He came; and lisping... | |
| William Jones - 1818 - 312 sivua
...What mortal ponrs the strain • ' Say (for Mnm see'st earth, air, and main) Say : ' From the hosom of yon silver isle, Where skies more softly smile, He came; and, lisping onr celestial tongne, Thmi jh not from Brahma sprang, Draws orient kanwledge from its fonntains pnre,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 310 sivua
...that assuage the fever's pain, Scatter from thy rolling car, Cull'd by sage Aswin and divine Cumar; And, if they ask, ' What mortal pours the strain ?'...sprung, Draws orient knowledge from its fountains pure, Throughcaves obstructed long, and paths too long obscure.' Yes ; though the Sanscrit song Be strown... | |
| 1857 - 954 sivua
...pours thé slrain ? Say (for thou seest earth, air, and main), Say, from thé bosoin of yon-silver isle, Where skies more softly smile, He came; and lisping our celestial longue, Though not from Brahma sprung, Draws Orient kuowledge, from its fountains pure, Through caves... | |
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