Less Philomel will 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. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Página 63por Thomas Gray - 1851 - 223 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 páginas
...Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oke ; 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... | |
| Edwin Guest - 1838 - 338 páginas
...Above,| about,| : or un|derneath|. II Penseroso. Ne wil|le ic leng| : his geou|gra weorth(an. Cad. Sweet bird | that shun'nst| : the noise | of fol|ly Most mu|sical| : most mel|ancholy. II Penseroso. 5 : 6. is only met with in the tumbling verse. This no|ble earle| : full wise|ly hath... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 836 páginas
...chantry by. Sha/Laxare. The poets eaant in the theatres, the shepherds in the mountains. ЯгачЛгИ. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly. Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantreu oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy even song. Male», A pleasant grove, With... | |
| Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 páginas
...impressions of that beautiful passage in " II Penseroso," so sweetly representing her plaintive melancholy. " Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy, Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo to hear thy evening song." Lulled by this repose, or sauntering... | |
| John Milton - 1839 - 496 páginas
...the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak ; eo 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... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 páginas
...Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : s fittest place ; I found Ihee there, And thither will return thee ; yet re ! Thee, chantress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen... | |
| William Gadiner - 1841 - 508 páginas
...with a beautiful and solemn melody : — tr Handel has closely copied her in the following strain — Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical — most melancholy ! 222 It is difficult to account for so small a creature as a bird making a tone as loud as some animals... | |
| 1846 - 872 páginas
...Read it with diligence and prayer ; Search it, and you will find Him there." 120 THE NIGHTINGALE. " Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy.'' THE first and most celebrated of the tuneful tribe is the Nightingale, a small bird, seven inches in... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 830 páginas
...Smoothing the rngged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the aecustom'd oak : in Thee, chantress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 páginas
...Smoothing the rugged brow of 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 ! Thee, chantress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen... | |
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