 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851
...self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad...leans against the land ; And, sedulous to stop the coining tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 страници
...Traveller," " To men of other mindg my fancy files, Imbosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad...And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall ramplre's artificial pride, Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 566 страници
...self-applause. 280 To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep where HOLLAND lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand Where the broad ocean...against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, 285 Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm, connected... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1852 - 518 страници
...incessant vigilance and attention. Thus the barrier raised by human hands — " Spreads its long arm amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire and usurps the shore ; While the pent ocean, rising o'er tho pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile : The slow canal, tho yellow blossomed Tale, Tho... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - 1854 - 354 страници
...self-applause. 280 To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad...watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore : 200 While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The... | |
 | James Thomson - 1891 - 458 страници
...reign ' (Goldsmith ; . The reference is, of course, to the dikes. Cp. The Traveller — ' Onwards, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected...roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore.' 853. the stork-assembly. These birds, belonging to the family of herons and bitterns, though widely... | |
 | 1889 - 520 страници
...preface, — "To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep whera Holland lies, Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land." Geoffrey and Lionel Vickars are two sterling English Boys, who encounter many adventures and overcome... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 382 страници
...self.applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Unbosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against thp land. And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1893 - 836 страници
...a north-west wind." J. These lines recall Goldsmith's description in the Traveller : — " Methinks her patient sons before me stand. Where the broad...ocean leans against the land And sedulous to stop the corning tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methtnks, and diligently slow The firm... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 450 страници
...self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinke her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the hind, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks,... | |
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To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride, Onward... 
