| James Flamank - 1833 - 436 lapas
...the approach of some inhabitant of another world ; a thousand forms would distract his vision — " Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." Or, if the veil which covered the heavens were parted ; if the... | |
| John Milton - 1834 - 432 lapas
...list'ning ear; Yet naught but single darkness do I find. What might this be? A thousand fantasies 205 Begin, to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And aery tongues that syllable men's names On sands , and shores , and desert wildernesses. These thoughts... | |
| Walter Scott - 1835 - 420 lapas
...consequence, as we cannot exactly tell what it is we behold, or what is to be apprehended from it : — " A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory....And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." Burke observes upon obscurity, that it is necessary to make any... | |
| Walter Scott - 1835 - 452 lapas
...consequence, as we cannot exactly tell what it is we behold, or what is to be apprehended from it : — " A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory,...And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." Burke observes upon obscurity, that it is necessary to make any... | |
| Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 lapas
...rife and perfect in my list'ning ear ; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory,...airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous... | |
| 1836 - 558 lapas
...rife, and perfect in my listening ear; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, arul beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1837 - 438 lapas
...beck'ning hand, Thy lonesome steps,' which he supposes to be taken from the following in Comus — ' Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names,' is more probably taken from the commencement of Pope's Elegy on an unfortunate Lady — ' What beck'ning... | |
| John Milton - 1838 - 496 lapas
...list'ning ear, Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies 205 Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes,...airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound 210 The virtuous... | |
| Alexander Crawford Lindsay Earl of Crawford - 1838 - 396 lapas
...viande, estants es deserta." — Belon, Observations, &c. c. 53, fol. 214, verso. NOTE 20, PAOE 12. • A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes and beckoning shadows dire, And aery tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses."... | |
| Alexander Crawford Lindsay Earl of Crawford - 1838 - 392 lapas
...viande, estants es deserts." — Belon, Observations, &c. c. 53, fol. 214, verso. - NOTE 20, PAGE 12. : A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes and beckoning shadows dire, And aery tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses."... | |
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