...rife, and perfect in my listening ear ; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And aery tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert...

...the approach of some inhabitant of another world ; a thousand forms would distract his vision — " Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And...names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." Or, if the veil which covered the heavens were parted ; if the vaporous curtain were drawn aside, and...

...our memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's name On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses — These thoughts may startle well, but not astound." ." I freely offer," says the jocose Dr. Ferriar, " to the manufacturers ,of ghosts, the privilege of...

...list'ning ear, Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies 205 Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes,...wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound 210 The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong-siding champion, Conscience. — 0 welcome...

...list'ning ear; Yet naught but single darkness do I find. What might this be? A thousand fantasies 205 Begin, to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And aery tongues that syllable men's names On sands , and shores , and desert wildernesses. These thoughts...

...consequence, as we cannot exactly tell what it is we behold, or what is to be apprehended from it : — " A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory....names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." Burke observes upon obscurity, that it is necessary to make any thing terrible, and notices, " how...

...consequence, as we cannot exactly tell what it is we behold, or what is to be apprehended from it : — " A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory,...names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." Burke observes upon obscurity, that it is necessary to make any thing terrible, and notices, " how...

...phantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And aery tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. Warton says, " I remember these superstitions, which are here finely applied, in the ancient voyages...

...rife, and perfect in my listening ear; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, arul beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and...

...beck'ning hand, Thy lonesome steps,' which he supposes to be taken from the following in Comus — ' Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names,' is more probably taken from the commencement of Pope's Elegy on an unfortunate Lady — ' What beck'ning...