 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's...Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The Sea-nymphs, and their pow'rs offended : Yet thou art higher far descended,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's...Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended ; Yet thou art higher far descended... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid wisdom's hue : Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's...that starr'd Ethiop queen, that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their pow'rs offended • Yet thou art higher far descended... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view is O'erlaid with black, staid wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's...Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above eo The Sea-Nymphs, and their pow'rs offended : Yet thou art higher far descended... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue: Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starred Ethiop queen, that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...sight, And therefore to our weaker view 15 O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue; . Black, but snch as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem,...Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above 20 The Sea-Nymphs, and their pow'rs offended: Yet thon art higher far descended:... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'relaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiope queen that strove To set her beautie's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their pow'rs offended... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view 15 O'erlaid with black, staid wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's...Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above 20 The Sea-Nymphs, and their pow'rs offended : Yet thou art higher far descended... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's...Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers oflended : Yet thou art higher far descended... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's With downcast looks the joyless victor sate, Revolving...soul The various turns of Chance below ; And, now and beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended... | |
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But hail, thou goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view... 
