 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...oak : Sweet bird, that sliunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantrcss, 'd Po B/+ wny ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 Seiten
...night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak. Sweet Bird ! that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy...heaven's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-oft" curfew... | |
 | 1822 - 284 Seiten
...melancholy! Thee, Chantress! oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And, missing tine, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold...heaven's wide pathless way; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1823 - 400 Seiten
...circumstances in descriptive writing. Take, for instance, the following pas* sage from the Penseroso : —I walk unseen On the dry, smooth-shaven green,...heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 Seiten
...Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke -Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy...smooth^shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Biding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 Seiten
...Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st Brown and Green bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfeu... | |
 | 1826 - 310 Seiten
...hear tliy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, VOL. in. 6* To behold the wandering Moon, Riding near her highest...Heaven's wide pathless way : And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud, Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia^checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the "accustomed oak:...she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow... | |
 | 1836 - 558 Seiten
...fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation : ' "That starred EMop queen" — Caasiope, wife of And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will...she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1838 - 372 Seiten
...considered as inimitably fine poems. Take, for instance, the following passage from the Penseroso : -I walk unseen On the dry, smooth-shaven green, To...heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curlew... | |
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Gently o'er the accustomed oak; Sweet bird 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 behold the... 
