...From this hill Claude Lorraine was in the habit of watching the sinking sun make his " golden set," " Not as in northern climes obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light," and noting the varied tints produced in " the bright tract of his fiery car," which few besides himself...

...grief beguiled ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild." Byron. " Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along...setting sun, Not as in northern climes obscurely bright, Bat one unclouded blaze of living light." Shellty. " daisies and delicate bells, As fair as the fabulous...

...almost too dazzling to the eyes. It seemed as if Summer had been suddenly born into the world— " flat as in northern climes obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light." Fanny was early in her garden, weeding and admiring it. Her father was busy with his usual forenoon...

...crowned. A GRECIAN SUNSET From <The Curse of Minerva > SLOW sinks, more lovely ere his race be ran. Along Morea's hills the setting sun; Not, as in Northern...But one unclouded blaze of living light: O'er the hushed deep the yellow beam he throws. Gilds the green wave that trembles as it glows. On cold x35gina's...

...attack of Byronism, knew by heart "The Isles of Greece," "Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell," Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun, with other gems, and bought and read devoutly Moore's life of my hero. The first composition of mine...

...fulness of their beauty. The wonderful moon of the Orient is the ail-but sun of the semi-tropical night, Not as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light. I am inclined to think that the primitive Snmerians regarded the sun and moon as one and the same orb,...

...This was the scene Byron bad in his mind in the opening lines of the third canto of 'The Corsair'. *Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, 'Along...'Gilds the green wave, that trembles as it glows. Hid old ^Egina's rock and Idra's isle, 'The god of gladness sheds his parting smile; 'O'er his own...

...pceuaiu acelerato ex MUiguioe sumit. jEiifid xii. [948, 949]. ATHIHB : CAPUCHUI COVTXRT, March 17, 1811. u \ Y = 1 O'er the hush'd deep the yellow beam he throws, Gilds the green waye that trembles as it glows. On...

...poeuiuu scelerato ex (anguine >umit. -*.,<;./ xU. [948, 948]. ATRKHS: CAPOCHIS COXTXHT, March 17, 1811. liviug light ! O'er the hush'd deep the yellow beam he throws, Gilds the green wave that trembles as...

...eyelids. HOMER. [Paraphrase by Charles Lamb ; from the Translation by George Chapman.] SUNSET IN GREECE. Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along...But one unclouded blaze of living light ! O'er the hushed deep the yellow beam he throws, Gilds the green wave, that trembles as it glows ; On old vEgina's...