| Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 Seiten
...though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past and Lethe-ward had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
| Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 Seiten
...though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-ward sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, Than thou, light- winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
| Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 Seiten
...of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-wing'd Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
| David Macbeth Moir - 1856 - 362 Seiten
...flow from a far more profound fountain of inspiration. After addressing the bird as a " light- winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green and shadows numberless, Singing of summer in full-throated ease," he adds, somewhat fantastically, it must be owned, at first—... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 Seiten
...of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : Tis not through envy of thy "happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
| 1864 - 148 Seiten
...of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
| 1857 - 676 Seiten
...and a joy for ever;" and, united with all that is noble and sacred in the history of man ! •« 0 for a draught of vintage, that hath been Cooled a long age in the deep-delv'd earth, Tasting of Flora and the country-green, Dance, and Provencal song, and sun-burnt... | |
| Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 Seiten
...of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk ; 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 Seiten
...not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light- winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless Siugest of summer in full-throated ease. O for a draught of vintage, that hath been Cool'da long age... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 Seiten
...NIGHTINGALE. Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : "Pis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
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