Such the gay splendour, the luxurious state, Of caliphs old, who on the Tigris' shore, In mighty Bagdat, populous and great, Held their bright court, where was of ladies store ; And verse, love, music, still the garland wore : When Sleep was coy, the... The Poetical Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections, Additions ... - 145. oldalszerző: James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 oldal
...shore, In mighty Bagdad, populous and great, Held then- bright court, where was of ladies store ;1 And verse, love, music, still the garland wore ; When sleep was coy, the bard in waiting there Cheered the lone midnight with the muse's lore ; Composing music bade his dreams be fair, Arid music... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 oldal
...caliphs old, who, on the Tigris' shore, In mighty Bagdad, populous and great, Held their bright court, where was of ladies store ; And verse, love, music,...fair, And music lent new gladness to the morning air. Near the pavilions where we slept, still ran Soft-tinkling streams, and dashing waters fell, And sobbing... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 oldal
...Caliphs old, who, on the Tigris shore, In mighty Bagdat, populous and great, Held their bright court, where was of ladies store, And verse, love, music,...waiting there, Cheer'd the lone midnight with the Muses' lore : Composing music bade his dreams be fair, And music lent new gladness to the morning air.... | |
| James Thomson - 1861 - 480 oldal
...old, who on the Tigris' shore, In mighty Bagdat, populous and great, Held then- bright court, whore was of ladies store; And verse, love, music, still...XLIII. Near the pavilions where we slept, still ran Soft tinkling streams, and dashing waters fell, And sobbing breezes sigh'd, and oft began (So work'd... | |
| James Thomson - 1862 - 272 oldal
...caliphs old, who on the Tigris' shore, In mighty Bagdat, populous and great, Held their bright court, where was of ladies store, And verse, love, music,...waiting there, Cheer'd the lone midnight with the Muse's lore,-)Composing music bade his dreams be fair, And music lent new gladness to the morning air. 43.... | |
| Kate Gordon (of Fyvie.) - 1866 - 258 oldal
...caliphs old, who on the Tigris shore, In mighty Bagdad, populous and great, Held their bright court, where was of ladies store ; And verse, love, music,...wore ; When sleep was coy, the bard in waiting there Cheered the lone midnight with the Muse's lore; Composing music bade his dreams be fair, And music... | |
| James Thomson - 1868 - 416 oldal
...Caliphs old, who on the Tigris' shore, In mighty Bagdat, populous and great, Held their bright court, where was of ladies store ; And verse, love, music, still the garland wore : When sleep was coy, the bard,1 in waiting there, Cheer'd the lone midnight with the Muse's lore ; Composing music bade his... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1871 - 356 oldal
...sense in Elysian dreams, tant mieux, on Madame de Stael's showing. In Thomson's Castle of Indolence, " When sleep was coy, the bard, in waiting there, Cheer'd...fair, And music lent new gladness to the morning air." It was, and may be still, a rule with the Herrnhuters for two men to keep watch nightly in the street... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1872 - 348 oldal
...in Elysian dreams, tant mieux, on Madame de Stael's showing. In Thomson's Castle of Indolence, •" When sleep was coy, the bard, in waiting there^ Cheer'd...fair, And music lent new gladness to the morning air." It was, and may be still, a rule with the Herrnhuters for two. men to keep watch nightly in the street... | |
| Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 oldal
...caliphs old, who on the Tigris' shore, In mighty Bagdad, populous and great, Held their bright court, where was of ladies store ; And verse, love, music,...XLIII Near the pavilions where we slept, still ran Soft tinkling streams, and dashing waters fell, And sobbing breezes sigh'd, and oft began (So work'd... | |
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