 Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy...  The Monthly Magazine - Page 2921799Full view - About this book
 | Louise Caroline Tuthill, Mrs. Louisa C. Cuthill - 1853 - 312 pages
...glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace. Hark ! his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that bum.' Sir William Temple, Locke, Stillingfleet, and... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 pages
...Two Coursers of ethereal race," i With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace." III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn." But an! 'tis heard no more ° Wakes thee... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 536 pages
...the powers of Conception and Imagination, and that of others in exciting associated emotions : — " Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn, Thoughts that breathe, and words thtit burn." VOL. II. 2 f SECT. III. — CONTINUATION... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 272 pages
...With necks in thunder clothed and long-resounding pace. 1 ' Coursers : ' the heroic rhymes. III. 8. Hark ! his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn ; But ah ! 'tis heard no more. 0 lyre divine... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 276 pages
...With necks in thunder clothed and long-resounding pace. 1 ' Coursers : ' the heroic rhymes. III. 8. Hark ! his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that bum ; But ah I 'tis heard no more. 0 lyre divine... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...coursers of ethereal race,' With necks in thunder clothed,* and long-resounding pace; III. 3. Hnrk, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that bum. 5 But ah! 'tis heard no more— Oh! Lyre divine,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...bear Two coursers of ethereal race,3 With necks in thunder clothed,4 and long-resounding pace. DJ. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.6 But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! Lyre... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 574 pages
...Two coursers of ethereal race ; With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pure. Hark 1 — his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters, from her pictured urn, Thoughts that hreatho, and words that hurn. Gray'l Prograi of Poay, But see when artful... | |
 | Friedrich Heinrich K. freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué - 1858 - 132 pages
...Therefore are we grateful to Fouque ; he has given us something to admire that time can never destroy. "Hark ! his hands the lyre explore ; Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn." .• :. CONTENTS, CHAPTER I. Page HOW THE... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...bear Two coursers of ethereal race,* With necks in thunder clothed,* and long-resounding pac<. III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.6 But nh ! 'tis heard no more— Oh! Lyre divine,... | |
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