...would wish to die. SONNETS. To the Nightingale. O NIGHTINGALE, that OR yOR blos'my spr..y Warblest Cowley's wit ; How Beaumont's judgment eheek'd what...Fleteher How Shadwell hasty, Wyeherley was slow; [wr horns lead on propitious May. Thy liquid notes that elose the eye of day, First heard before the shallow...

...Old Priest writ large. SONNETS. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. 0 NIGHTINGALE, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh...before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in lore; O if Jove's will Have link'd that amorous pow'r to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the rude...

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...and the nightingale ; and thus Milton sings, " Oh Nightingale ! that on yon blooming «piay Warblert at eve, when all the woods are still : Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart doth lili, While tin- jolly hours lead on propitious May. are no than two hundred horses at exercise...

...Nightly to thee her sad song moumeth well. MILTON. 0 Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh...the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love ; Oh, if Jove's will Have link'd that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the rude...

...another and more poetical superstition of the same kind, in his beautiful sonnet to the nightingale: Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, First...the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love. О if Jove's will Have link'd that amorous pow'r to thy soft Uy, Now timely sing, ere the rude bird...

...now was turned to jollity and game, To luxury and riot, feast and dance. Millón. О nightingale ! Id. Ho with a proud jollity commanded him to leave that quarrel only for him, who was only worthy to...

...to hear the cuckoo sing before the nightingale was supposed not to prosper in his love affairs : " Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, First...before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success iti love ; O, if Jove's will Have link'd that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the...

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...Rhymes to the fourth and the second to the third : O Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh...dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious day. But this form is seldom used except in conjunction with other stanzas; and, in that case, is rather...