 Cooper's Hill, My eye, descending from the Hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays ; Thames ! the most loved of all the Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to...  Poems - Page 6by Joseph Addison - 1810 - 597 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal Ufa to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam...then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers who their infants overlay ; Nor with a sudden and impetuous wave, Like profuse kings, resumes the wealth... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 pages
...V. 103. " On the watery calm His brooding wings the Spirit of God outspread." Milt. PL vii. 235. *' O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing, And hatches plenty for th' ensuing spring." Denham. Cooper's Hill. W. V. 105. " Cepheam hie Meroen, fuscaque regna canat," Propert. iv. vi. 78.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...his embraces runs. Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity ; Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber, and their gravel cold :" His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...meaning in few words, and exhibit the sentiment with more weight than bulk. On tlie Thames. " Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam...explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore." On Strafford. " His wisdom such, at once it did appear Three kingdoms' wonder and three kingdoms' fear.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...meaning in few words, and exhibit the sentiment with more weight than bulk. On the Thames. " Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam...explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore." "' 20 And praise the easy vigour of a line Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. POPE... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...his embraces runs ; Hasty to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity, Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam...and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottoms, but survey his shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing, And hatches plenty for... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - Children's literature, English - 1854 - 332 pages
...of this date for " since," " seeing that." t ie Finery. Though, with those streams he no remembrance hold, Whose foam is amber, and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth to explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1899 - 550 pages
...tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no remembrance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth to explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious... | |
 | F. W. Bockett - Cycling - 1901 - 302 pages
...probably common even in Denham's day, or he would not have written, still harping on the Thames— His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search...a stay, Like mothers which their infants overlay. Reluctantly I left the hill- brow, for the panorama of meadow and woodland was at its best, as such... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...'ll make thee glorious by my pen, And famous by my sword.8 ibid. SIR JOHN DENHAM. 1615-1668. Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam...explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore. Cooper' t Hill. Line 166. Oh, could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is... | |
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