 For lo ! the sea that fleets about the land, And like a girdle clips her solid waist, Music and measure both doth understand; For his great crystal eye is always cast Up to the moon, and on her fixed fast; And as she danceth in her pallid sphere, So danceth...  The South Devon literary chronicle - Pàgina 2291847Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pàgines
...power is shown in this oftquoted fragment, from " The Orchestra," a poem upon Dancing, — " For In, the sea that fleets about the land, And like a girdle...crystal eye is always cast . Up to the moon, and on her fix6d fast ; And as she danceth in her pallid sphere So danceth he about the centre here ; " — Thomas... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1873 - 814 pàgines
...intervals. It admits of varieties, according to the distribution of the five first rhymes. AAA For, lo ! the sea that fleets about the land, And like a girdle...crystal eye is always cast Up to the moon, and on her fixeth fast ; And as she in her pallid sphere, So danceth he about the centre here. — Sir JOHN DAY... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - 1874 - 382 pàgines
...wintry skies ? " It leads me by a holier light Where Memory's solemn comfort lies. THE SEA. FOR lo ! the sea that fleets about the land, And like a girdle...pallid sphere, So danceth he about the centre here. Sometimes his proud green waves, in order set, One after other flow into the shore, Which, when they... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pàgines
...power is shown in this oftquoted fragment, from " The Orchestra," a poem upon Dancing, — " For lo, the sea that fleets about the land, And like a girdle...pallid sphere So danceth he about the centre here ; " — Thomas Hobbes, of whom Mackintosh says, " His style is the very perfection of didactic language... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pàgines
...influence FROM 1558 CYCLOPAEDIA OF of the moon, and the passage is highly poetical in expression : For lo, re - Sometimes his proud green waves in order set, One after other flow into the shore, Which when they... | |
 | Sir John Davies - 1876 - 352 pàgines
...infancie." (p. 169.) That is ' brilliant' but this is ' great,' indeed magnificent, of the Sea :— " Loe the Sea that fleets about the Land, And like a girdle clips her solide waist, Musicke and measure both doth vnderstand; For his great chrystall eye is always cast... | |
 | Sir John Davies - 1876 - 354 pàgines
...infancie." (p. 169.) That is ' brilliant ' but this is ' great,' indeed magnificent, of the Sea : — " Loe the Sea that fleets about the Land, And like a girdle clips her solide waist, Musicke and measure both doth vnderstand ; For his great chrystall eye is always cast... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 632 pàgines
...descry. But for your eyes perceive not all they see, In this I will your Senses master be. ' For lo the Sea that fleets about the Land, And like a girdle...danceth in her pallid sphere, So danceth he about his Centre here. ' Sometimes his proud green waves in order set, One after other flow unto the shore... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 pàgines
...descry. But for your eyes perceive not all they see, In this I will your Senses master be. 'For lo the Sea that fleets about the Land, And like a girdle...danceth in her pallid sphere, So danceth he about his Centre here. ' Sometimes his proud green waves in order set, One after other flow unto the shore... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 634 pàgines
...your eyes perceive not all they sec, In this I will your Senses master be. 1 country-dances. 'For lo the Sea that fleets about the Land, And like a girdle...danceth in her pallid sphere, So danceth he about his Centre here. 'Sometimes his proud green waves in order set, One after other flow unto the shore... | |
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