 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 392 pagina’s
...That beautiful Rufticity, of which I fhall produce two Inftances, out of a Hundred not yet quoted. O woful Day! O Day of Woe, quoth he, And woful I who live the Day to fee ! The Simplicity of Dic~Vion, the melancholy flowing of the Numbers, the Solemnity of the Sound, and... | |
 | John Gay - 1761 - 340 pagina’s
...faithful fhepherd he. Awake my pipe ; in ev'ry note exprefs Fair Stella's death and Colinet's diftrefs. O woful day ! O day of woe ! quoth he ; And woful I, who live the day to fee ! That ever fhe could die ! O moft unkind, To go, and leave thy Colinet behind ! And yet, why blame I her... | |
 | 1764 - 198 pagina’s
...while it was day light, But now her is a moll wretched wight. And Philips, in his homely ftrains, Oh woful day ! O day of woe, quoth he, And woful I, who live the day to fee. And again, Ah me the while ! ah me, the lurk Ids day I Ah lucklefs lad, the rather might I fay ; Ah... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1788 - 494 pagina’s
...faithful fhepherd h». i Awake my pipe; in ev'ry note exprefs Fair Stella's death, and Colinet's diftrefs. O woful day, o day of woe ! quoth he ; And woful I, who live the day to fee! That ever fhe could die! O moft unkind» To go, and leave thy Colinet behind! And yet, why blame I her?... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pagina’s
...beautiful rufticity, of which I mall only produce two inftances, out of a hundred not yet quoted : •* O woful day ! O day of woe, quoth he, And woful I, who live the day to fee ?' That fimplicity of diction, the melancholy flowing of the numbers, the folemnity of this found, and the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 408 pagina’s
...rusticity, of which I shall only produce two instances, out of a hundred not yet quoted : ' O woful day! 0 day of woe, quoth he, And woful I, who live the day to see ?' That simplicity of diction, the melancholy flowing of the numbers, the solemnity of this sound,... | |
 | 1803 - 440 pagina’s
...beautiful Rusticity ; of which I shall only produce two instances, out of a hundred not yet quoted. O woful day ! O day of woe, quoth he, And woful I, who live the day to see! That simplicity of diction, the melancholy flowing of the numbers, the solemnity of the sound,... | |
 | 1804 - 952 pagina’s
...hcaittifiil rusticity, "t I 0)>all only produce two iiultuiccsf out of a luiiulrcd not vit quoted ; O *oful O woful day ! O day of woe, quoth he, And woful I, who live the day to see! That simplicity of diction, the melancholy flowing of the numbers, the solemnity of the sound,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 406 pagina’s
...beautiful rusticity, of which I shall only produce two instances, out of a hundred not yet quoted : ' O woful day! O day of woe, quoth he, And woful I, who live the day to see ?' That simplicity of diction, the melancholy flowing of the numbers, the solemnity of this sound,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 368 pagina’s
...rusticity, of which I shall only produce two instances, out of a hundred not yet quoted ; ' O wofhl day! O day of woe, quoth he, And woful I, who live the day to see ?' That simplicity of diction, the melancholy flowing of the numbers, the solemnity of this sound,... | |
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Philips to discover those in which no man can compare with him. First, That beautiful rusticity, of which I shall only produce two instances out of a hundred not yet quoted: O woful day! O day of woe! quoth he, And woful I, who live the day to see! 
