 | 1902
...Ode is on a subject which I know you by no means regard with indifference. ' O Liberty, Thou mak'st the gloomy face of Nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day.' " It does me so much good to meet with a man whose honest bosom glows with the generous enthusiasm,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1904
...Eas'd of her load subjection grows more light, And Poverty looks cheerful in thy sight; Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day. — ADDISON. The last line furnishes an instance of six feet, usually called an Alexandrian; but no... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 346 sivua
...How oft in fields of death thy presence sought, Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought ! 130 On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The Grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With Citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat Olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1905
...Eased of her load subjection grows more light, And poverty looks cheerful in thy sight. Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day. Thee, goddess, thee Britannia's isle adores, How has she oft exhausted all her stores, How oft in fields... | |
 | W. J. COURTHOPE - 1905
...oft in fields of death thy presence sought, Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought. VOL. VD On foreign mountains may the sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil: We envy not the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 360 sivua
...How oft in fields of death thy presence sought, Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought ! 130 On foreign mountains may the sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 580 sivua
...stores, How oft in fields of death thy presence sought, Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought ! On foreign mountains may the sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine; With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 580 sivua
...stores, How oft in fields of death thy presence sought, Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought ! On foreign mountains may the sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine;With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil: We envy not... | |
 | George Campbell Macaulay - 1908 - 259 sivua
...0 Liberty, thou goddess heavenly bright, Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight ! Thou mak'st the gloomy face of Nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the Sun and pleasure to the day. Thee, goddess, thee Britannia's isle adores ; " etc. The poem of Liberty is an expansion of this theme... | |
 | William Joseph Long - 1917 - 557 sivua
...Eased of her load, Subjection grows more light, And Poverty looks cheerful in thy sight ; Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day. Place beside that the first four lines of Wordsworth's sonnet " To Switzerland " (quoted at the head... | |
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Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling Plenty leads thy wanton train; Eas"d of her load Subjection grows more light, And Poverty looks cheerful in thy sight ; Thou mak'st the gloomy face of Nature... 
