 Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here...  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 9by John Milton - 1784 - 463 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 248 pages
...above, as that I myfelf am here below My certa'nty is the fame for how otherwife did I come here ? " Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus? how here? « Not of myfelf." He muft love virtue, and deleft vice. Confequent. ly he muft both reward and punifh. If we are not... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ; Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself; by some Great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent;... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...light, And Ihou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plains*. And ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, Tell, if" ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself ; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in pow'r... | |
 | James Beattie (LL.D.) - Truth - 1807 - 400 pages
...Arid thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ! " Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, " And, ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, " Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here : " Not of myself ; by some great Maker then, '' In goodness and in... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods and plaint, And ye that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself ; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 382 pages
...light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus ? how here f His next sentiment, when, upon his first going to sleep he fancies... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 494 pages
...And thou enlighten'd Earth, fo frefli and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plains, 275 And ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, Tell, if ye law, how I came thus, how here? — Not of myfelf; — by fome great Maker then, In goodnels and in... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plains, And ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? Not of myself;—by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 384 pages
...light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus '. how here L' His next sentiment, when, upon his first going to sleep, he fancies... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay ; Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself; 'by some Great Maker then. In goodness and in power... | |
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