But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the... The British anthology; or, Poetical library - Stran 9avtor: British anthology - 1824Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 strani
...that oft with Gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing ; Ana add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens...Gently o'er the' accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among,... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 strani
...golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist sliunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantrcss, oft, the woods among,... | |
| Joseph Taylor - 1820 - 122 strani
...Penseroso ! " In her saddest, sweetest plight, Smoothing the nigged brow of night, While Cynthia checks the dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustom'd oak. Sweet...noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee chauntress, oft the woods among, I woo to hear thy evening song." In another place he styles it the... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 752 strani
...scenery of his Penseroso, when he describes it. In her saddest sweetest plight, Smoothing the riigged brow of night ; While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke,...noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among, . ' . I woo to hear thy evening song. * .EIj. in Var. Hist. 677, both... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 296 strani
...golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest...smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless... | |
| 1822 - 284 strani
...golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest...brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke,. Sweet Bird! that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, Chantress! oft,... | |
| 1822 - 666 strani
...Milton, in his beautiful poem, II Penseroso, describes it in the following lines of poetic excellence : " Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most...chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy eren-song." Again : — " The sweet poet of the vernal groves Melts all the night in strains of am'rons... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 416 strani
...ipsa referre sonos. Of her melancholy no one has given a more delightful description than Milton ; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most...Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo to hear thy evening song. So great a favourite was the nightingale with this poet, that he never omits an opportunity... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 strani
...The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In his sweetest, saddest plight Smoothing the rugged brow...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy !... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 strani
...golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist gentle, kind, And full of ev'ry hope,ofev'ry joy,...Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm, that th' accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee... | |
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