 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 páginas
...springs. Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud. Bestriding Earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots behind he trails his pompous robe. Air!, of all monarchs, only grasps showery prism, ! And to the ssge-instructed eye unfold ¡The various Iwine of light, by thee disclos'd... | |
 | James Thomson - 1841 - 194 páginas
...also the author of a poem on agriculture, and hence called the " rural Maro." Note (&)— page 12. Here, awful Newton, the dissolving clouds Form, fronting on the sun, thy showery prism. Sir Isaac Newton first discovered that light is a compound substance ; ie it is made... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 440 páginas
...refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, the grand ethereal how Shoots up immense, and ev'ry hue unfolds, In fair proportion running from the red,...dissolving clouds Form, fronting on the sun, thy show'ry prLsm ; And, to the sage instructed eye, unfold The various twine of light, hy thee disclos'd From... | |
 | 1842 - 144 páginas
...appear to be common, or of a severe nature. The rainbow, that grand ethereal object, that " Shoots up immense, and every hue unfolds. In fair proportion,...from the red To where the violet fades into the sky," THOMSON, is rarely seen in Persia, because there are not vapours sufficient to form it. By night, however,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 páginas
...spring! Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding Earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots oth her hands she binds, showery prism, And to the sage-instructed eye unfold The various twine of light, by thee disclos'd... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 páginas
...springs. Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding Earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots Oc6% showery prism, And to the sage-instructed eye unfold The various twine of light, by thee disclos'd... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 páginas
..." Here," Thomson says, " Awful Newton, the dissolving clouds Form, fronting on the sun, thy showery prism ; And to the sage-instructed eye, unfold The various twine of light, by thee disclos'd, From the white mingling maze." You see, our backs are turned, or nearly so, to the sun ;... | |
 | Philip Tocque - 1846 - 418 páginas
...rainbow span the sky. "Refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, the grand ctherial bow Shoots up immense, and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion...the red, To where the violet fades into the sky." The rainbow or iris is formed by the rays of the sun falling on drops of rain, being reflected and... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1846 - 456 páginas
...enrth, the grand etherenl bow 8ho0ts up immense ; null ev'ry hne unfolds, In fnir proportion, ruaning from the red To where the violet fades into the sky. Here, awful Newton, the dissolving clonds Form, fronting on the sun, thy show'ry prism ; And to the stags'instructed eye unfold The varions... | |
 | 1847 - 526 páginas
...RAINBOW. 1. Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots up immense ; and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion,...from the red To where the violet fades into the sky. 2. In pomp transcendent, rob'd in heavenly dies, Arch'd the clear rainbow round the orient skies. DR.... | |
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Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots up immense; and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion, running from the red To where the violet fades into the sky. 
