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" Then shine the vales — the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten... "
Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. [Continued as ... - Page 316
by Chambers's journal - 1854
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering.Xanthus with their rays; The long reflection of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and tremble...Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose uniber'd arms by fits thick flashes send ; J^oud neigh the coursers o'er their htaps of corn, And ardent...
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Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin: Chiefly During His Residence in Lichfield ...

Anna Seward - 1804 - 352 pages
...flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Zanthus with their rays. The long reflection of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and tremble...Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umber 'd arms, by fits thick flashes send. i Loud neigh the coursers o'er their heaps of corn, And...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rajs; The long reflection of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and tremble...horrors gild, And shoot a shady lustre o'er the field j Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umber'd arms by fits thick flashes send j Loud...
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The Iliad, tr. by A. Pope

Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before prond Iliou blaae, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays : The long reflections of the distant fires J01 Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires. A thousand piles the dusky horrors gild, And shoot...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 56

1809 - 536 pages
...Gleam on the valls, and trentbh' tin Hit spiret, A thousand piles OIP dusky horrors gild, And s/ioot a shady lustre o'er the field. Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umter'd arms by fits thick flashes send. Loud ucigli the com •<•! . o'er their heaps of corn, And...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long reflections...Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umber' d arms by fits thick flashes send 5 Loud neigh the coursers o'er their heaps of corn, And ardent...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long reflections...Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umber'd arms by fits thick flashes send ; Loud neigh the coursers o'er their heaps of corn, And ardent...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pages
...Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays; The long reflections...Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umher'd arms by fits thick flashes send ; Loud neigh the coursers o'er their heaps of corn, And ardent...
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Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long reflections of the distant ftres Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires. A thousand...Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umber'd arms by Iks thick flashes send ; Loud neigh the coursers o'er their heaps of com, And ardent...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...vault, and bless the useful light : So many flames before proud I lion blaze. And lighten climmerinE Xanthus with their rays : The long reflections of...tremble on the spires. ' A thousand piles the dusky horrours gild, And shoot a shady lustre o'er the field. Tull fifty guards each flaming pile attend,...
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