 Gently o'er the accustomed oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold...  The Lyric and Dramatic Poems of John Milton - Pagina 40door John Milton - 1901 - 345 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Milton - 1782 - 40 pagina’s
...60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee chauntreß of the woods among I woo to hear thy even-song; And missing...unseen 65 On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wand'ring moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the Heav'n's... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pagina’s
...the rugged brow of Night, WhileCynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' aecustom'd oak ; 60 Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most...thee, I walk unseen 65 On the dry smooth-shaven green, Xo behold the wand'ring moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pagina’s
...Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee chauntress of the woods among I woo to hear thy even-song; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 216 pagina’s
...« lawns,' there are are eight leading images: in the following, of equal length, there is only one. To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest...noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stopping through a fleecy cloud. The... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pagina’s
...meam two oxen. " Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of foil}',. Most musical, most melancholy I . Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo to hear thy even-song, And missing thee, I walk unseen, On the dry smooth shaven green,. To behold the wand'ring moon Riding near her highest noon, 63 Like... | |
 | 1803 - 308 pagina’s
...eight leading images ; in the following, of equal length, there is only one : To behold the wand'ring moon, Riding near her highest noon, 'Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. The... | |
 | Peter Pindar - 1804 - 180 pagina’s
...Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While CYNTHIA checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most...hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 180 pagina’s
...Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While CYNTHIA checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most...hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, .Riding near her highest noon, Like one... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pagina’s
...chauntress , oft the wowls among , I woo to hear thy evening song: And , missing thee , I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green , To behold the wandering...her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Thro' the heav'n's wide pathless way : And oft as if her head she bow'd Stooping thro' a fleecy cloud.... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pagina’s
...oak ; Sweet hird, that shunn'st the noise of folly. Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft the woods among, I woo to hear thy even-song; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To hehold the wand'ring moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one... | |
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