And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. Select British Classics - Page 3051803Full view - About this book
| George Richards - Hymns, English - 1808 - 400 pages
...work of an Almighty hand. 3 Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail, The moon takes up the wond'rous tale j And nightly, to the list'ning earth, Repeats the story of her birth ; 4 While all the stars, that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, . Confirm the tidings... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; And, nightly, to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...evening shades prevail. The moon takes up the wond'rous talc, And nightly to the list'ning earth, Repent^ ittle do. We '11 therefore relish, with content, Whate'er kind Pro And all the planets in their turn, nigh, SACRED AND MORAL. Confirm the tidings as they rulj, Aft I... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 114 pages
...tlie evening shades prevail, The ivioon takes up the woncl'rous tale, And, nightly) to the Iki'ning earth, Repeats the story of her birth : 'Whilst all the stars that rourd her burn, .And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as ihey roll, And sprctd the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 314 pages
...work of an almighty hand. II. " Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the...birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...land, The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail, The moon takes up the wond'rous tale, And, nightly, to the list'ning earth, Repeats...of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her bum. And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 314 pages
...The work of an almighty hand. " Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the...of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her barn* And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...as the evening shades prevail, the moon takes up the wonderous tale; and nightly, to the listening earth, repeats the story of her birth : whilst all the stars that round her burn, and all the planets, in their turn, confirm the tidings as they roll, and spread the truth from pole... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...as the evening shades prevail, the moon takes up the wonderous tale; and nightly, to the listening earth, repeats the story of her birth : •whilst all the stars that round her burn, and all the planets, in their turn, confirm the tidings as they roll, and spread the truth from pole... | |
| Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole... | |
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