 | English poets - 1790 - 366 Seiten
...Poet's firft petition hear; Give Give me the ways of wandering ftars to know : The depths of heaven above, and earth below. Teach me the various labours...of the moon, And whence proceed th' eclipfes of the fun. 680 Why flowing tides prevail upon the main, And in what dark reeefs they fhrink again. What fhakes... | |
 | 1792 - 918 Seiten
...your poet's firft petition hear ; Give me the ways of wandering ftars to know : Trie depths of heaven above, and earth below. Teach me the various labours...of the moon, And whence proceed th' eclipfes of the fun. .Why flowing tides prevail upon the main, And in what dark recefs they (brink again. What (hakes... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 Seiten
...your poet's firil petition hear ; Give me the ways of wandering ftars to know : The depths of heaven above, and earth below. Teach me the various labours of the moon, And whence proceed th'eclipfes of the fun. .Why flowing tides prevail upon the main, And in what dark recefs they flirink... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 Seiten
...your Poet's firft petition hear; Give me the ways of wandering ftars ro know« The depths of hraven nvincible courage of our captains and Teamen ; and three glorious victories, the refult eclipfcs of the fun. Why flowing tides prevail upon the main, And in what dark recefs they fhrink again.... | |
 | William Butler - 1803 - 434 Seiten
...part of Virgil's animated and much-admired vftrophe to the Mufes, in the fecond book of Jus Georgics : Teach me the various labours of the moon, And whence proceed th' eclipfes of the fun. DRYDEN. At length, when men began to apply them. :llves to observations, and the celeftial motions... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 Seiten
...your Poet's firrt petition hear; Give me the ways of wandering ftars ю know : The depths of heaven above, .and earth below. Teach me the various labours...of the moon, And whence proceed th' eclipfes of the fun. Why flowing tides prevail upon the main, And in what dark reccfsthcy (brink again. What (hakes... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 Seiten
...Ossian, thou lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more45; whether thy yellow hair flows on the Teach me the various labours of the moon ; And whence proceed th' eclipses of the sun; Why ßvxing tides prevail upon the main; And in what dark recess they shrink again.... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 310 Seiten
...priest I am, whose holy fillets wear— 675 Would you your poet's first petition hear; Give me the ways of wand'ring stars to know, The depths of heav'n above,...the various labours of the moon, And whence proceed th'eclipses of the sun ; 680 Why flowing tides prevail upon the main, And in what dark recess they... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 Seiten
...your poet's first petition hear j Give me the ways of wandering stars to know, The depths of heaven above, and earth below : Teach me the various labours of the moon, And whence proceed the eclipses of the sun ; Why flowing tides prevail upon the main, And in what dark recess they shrink... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 504 Seiten
...your poet's first petition hear ; Give me the ways of wandering stars to know, The depths of heaven above, and earth below : Teach me the various labours of the moon, And whence proceed the eclipses of the sun ; Why flowing tides prevail upon the main, And in what dark recess they shrink... | |
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And whence proceed the' eclipses of the sun ; Why flowing tides prevail upon the main, And in what dark recess they shrink again; What shakes the solid earth; what cause" delays The summer nights, and shortens winter days. 
