 For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard...  Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society - Page 137by Buffalo Historical Society - 1908 - 547 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 536 pages
...they shall do : For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens...the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales : Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Berkshire (England) - 1847 - 430 pages
...as yet unfulfilled, has been maintained and expressed with picturesque force by a later poet : — Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic...purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales, Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the nations airy navies grappling... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 568 pages
...eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that could be : Saw the heavens filled with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of...the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales : Heard .the heavens filled with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nation's airy navies... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - Classical languages - 1850 - 364 pages
...Visions of the Future. I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens...purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies,... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Great Britain - 1850 - 470 pages
...eye could see, Saw the vision of the world and all the wonder that would be.— Saw the heavens flit with commerce, argosies of magic sails, : Pilots of...the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales; Lo ! the war drums throb no longer, and the battle flags are furled, In the parliament of man, the... | |
 | F. A. Wilson, Alfred Bate Richards - Canada - 1850 - 610 pages
...eye could see, Saw the vision of the world and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens filled with commerce, argosies of magic sails ; Pilots of...the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer and the battle flags were furl'd In the Parliament of man, the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 290 pages
...they shall do: For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the-world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens...purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 1851 - 300 pages
...they shall do : For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the- world, and all the wonder that would be ; Saw the heavens...purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Great Britain - 1852 - 494 pages
...they shall do. For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see. Saw the vision of the world and all the wonder that would be. Saw the heavens...the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales; Lo I the war drums throb no longer, and the battle flags are furled. In the parliament of man, the... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Great Britain - 1852 - 510 pages
...they shall do. For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world and all the wonder that would be. Saw the heavens...the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales; Lo I the war drums throb no longer, and the battle flags are furled. In the parliament of man, the... | |
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