 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 Seiten
...compass such another ? TO THE NIGHTINGALE. ffltltnn. 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 : 0, if Jove's will Have linked that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing ere the rude bird... | |
 | William Harrison ainsworth - 1860 - 516 Seiten
...the sonnet expressly addressed to her, beginning, 0 Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still ; Thou with fresh...propitious May. Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day . . . Portend success in love.§ All the excerpts we have given from Milton, be it observed in passing,... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 Seiten
...NIGHTINGALE, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hopes the lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May. The liquid notes that close the eye of day, First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 348 Seiten
...the cuckoo, when first heard, utters its call. Milton says, in his sonnet to the nightingale : — Thy liquid notes, that close the eye of day. First...the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love. and rcassume their proper form when they cease to be heard. This belief must have prevailed in Sweden,... | |
 | John Milton - 1861 - 534 Seiten
...thee will choose to live. I. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. 0 NIGHTINGALE, that on yonblooming spray "Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still ; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the j oily hours lead on propitious May. ^ Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, .? ~H First heard... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 548 Seiten
...do attain To something like prophetic strain. 1 0 if miiTiNGALE, that on yonblooming spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still ; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the j oily hours lead on propitious May. ^ Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, First heard beforethe... | |
 | Gordon Willoughby James Gyll - 1862 - 350 Seiten
...enchanting sonnet to Philomela,* commencing: — Oh, nightingale, that from yon bloomy spray, Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart doth fill. Who does not love Horton and all about it ? For ever sacred be the place that has part in... | |
 | Charles Alexander Johns - 1862 - 676 Seiten
...amendid be The nexte Male, if I be not afraied." More recently Milton thus addresses the Nightingale : " Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, First heard before the shallow Cuccoo's bill, Portend success in love." Whether any traces of this popular belief yet linger in our... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 Seiten
...Priest writ large. 20 SONNETS. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. O NIGHTINGALE ! that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still ; Thou with fresh...bill, Portend success in love. O ! if Jove's will Have linked that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the rude bird of hate Fortell my hopeless... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 Seiten
...NIGHTINGALE, that on yon bloomy spray warblest at eve, when all the woods are still ; thou with fresh hopes the lover's heart dost fill, while the jolly Hours...the shallow cuckoo's bill, portend success in love. Oh ! if Jove's will have linked that amorous power to thy soft lay, now timely sing, ere the rude bird... | |
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O NIGHTINGALE that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May. 
