 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 páginas
...specular mount 1 Where on the Agean shore a city stands Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil; Athens,...to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, See there the olive grove of Academe, 1 City or suburban, studious walks and shades; Plato's retirement,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1855 - 568 páginas
...satisfying it. A reference to Attica recalls all our classic associations, and concentres them " Where on the JEgean shore a city stands, Built nobly ; pure...the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence." It would seem as if there the passion for gam had been lost in the strife for glory ; as though no... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1855 - 536 páginas
...reference to Attica recalls all our classic associations, and concentres them " Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly ; pure the air, and...the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence." It would seem as if there the passion for gain had been lost in the strife for glory ; as though no... | |
 | John Bullock - 1855 - 508 páginas
...the capitals ot buried empires. This feeling, so profound in Jerusalem and Rome, is even more so in Athens, — " the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous \vitn, Or hospitable — " a city never so large as New York, but whose inhabitants produced within... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 páginas
...¿Egean shore a city stand*. The foMowing description of Athens, and its learning, is extremely grand ani Built nobly ; * pure the air, and light the soil ; * Athens, the eye of Grec«,1 mother of arts •• And eloquence,* native to famous wits Or hospitable,' in her sweet recess,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 páginas
...LOOK once more, ere we leave6 this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west ; behold Where on the jEgean shore a city stands Built nobly ; pure...eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to7 famous wits (1) Taprohane — the island of Ceylon. (2) Dusk faves — a line noted for its picturesqueness.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 páginas
...more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west; behold Where on the ^Egpan shore a city stands, Built nobly; pure the air, and light the soil j Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits, Or -hospitable, in... | |
 | 1856 - 964 páginas
...genius, we visit, in its most favoured age, the spot, "Where OD the .T'.L'cmi shore a city itaodi, Built nobly, pure the air and light the soil; Athens, the eye of Ureece, mother of tut« And Eloquence." 1856.1 The Philosophy of Dress. [Hüten And as we survey the... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 páginas
...blossom. WHITTIER. ATHENS. A marvellously musical passage from MILTON. BEHOLD Where on the .3Dgean shore a city stands, Built nobly ; pure the air, and...famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or surburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where... | |
 | Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1857 - 362 páginas
...bosom. In an instant consciousness had again deserted him. CHAPTEE VI. Behold Where on the Mgsea.n shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air, and...to famous wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled... | |
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And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long ; There... 
