To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweetbriar or the vine, Or the... The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed authors, by ... - Page 50redigeeritud poolt - 1804Full view - About this book
| Robert Lowth (bp. of London.) - 1834 - 524 lehte
...quantity of the same word perpetually, as Bishop Hare does ? If after these lines, which you quote, " Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow," Milton in the next page of his poem, had come with sorrow and good-morrow, would not you have thrown... | |
| William Hone - 1835 - 876 lehte
...from his conch : — 651 054 Lines from Ï Allegro To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing, startle the dull night. From his watch-tower in the...to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vino, Or the twisted eglantine : Wlnle the cock, with... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 496 lehte
...singing of the lark before the rising of the sun : " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dapple dawn dqth rise ; * The wild hyacinths of our English woods and hedge-rows, commonly called blue-bells.... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 482 lehte
...singing of the lark before the rising of the sun : " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dapple dawn doth rise ; * The wild hyacinths of our English woods and hedge-rows, commonly called blue-bells.... | |
| 1836 - 558 lehte
...unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night From ht* watchtower in the skies Till the dappled dawn doth...to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : •"While the cock, with... | |
| John Milton - 1836 - 448 lehte
...practice of early rising Milton alludes in L' Allegro : ' ' To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night; From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise," &c. And again in II Penseroso, there is a beautiful description of the dawn, written with the graphic... | |
| Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 lehte
...Many a note, and many a lay." Faithful Shepherdess. " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." L'Allegro. " Don't cut your hand — to split a cumin-seed."— P. 93. The Greeks said of a miser that... | |
| Theocritus - 1836 - 450 lehte
...Many a note, and many a lay." Faithful Shepherdess. " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." L'Allegro. " Don't cut your hand — to split a cumin-seed." — P. 93. The Greeks said of a miser... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 lehte
...free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-towre in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spight of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 lehte
...free ; To hear the lark hegin his flight, And .singing startle the dull night, From his watch-towre in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spight of sorrow, And at my window hid good-morrow, Through the sweet-hriar, or the vine, Or the twisted... | |
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