Gently o'er the accustom'd 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... From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-nine Portraits and Selections from ... - Página 244por Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 313 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| John Milton - 1782 - 40 páginas
...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 thee, I walk unseen 65 On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wand'ring moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like... | |
| John Bell - 1788 - 628 páginas
...oak ; 60 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 65 On the dry smooth-shaven green, Xo behold the wand'ring moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like... | |
| John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 páginas
...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...unseen 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... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 páginas
...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 one that had... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 216 páginas
...« 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... | |
| 1803 - 308 páginas
...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... | |
| 1803 - 376 páginas
...! most melancholy ! " Thee, chauntress, off, the woods among, " I woo to hear thy evening song ; " And missing thee, I walk unseen " On the dry smooth.shaven green, " To behold the wand'ring moon, " Riding near her highest noon, . " Like one that had been led astray, " Thro' the... | |
| John Wolcot - 1804 - 180 páginas
...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...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 sound,... | |
| Peter Pindar - 1804 - 180 páginas
...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...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 sound,... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 páginas
...musical , most melancholy I Thee , chauntress , oft the wowls among , I woo to hear thy evening song: And , missing thee , I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven...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.... | |
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