 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...  The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's ... - Page 2880by Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 9822 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...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 - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...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... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...« 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... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...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... | |
 | John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...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 pages
...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.... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...oak ; Sweet hird, that shunn'st the noise of folly. Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft the woods among, I woo to hear thy even-song;...thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To hehold the wand'ring moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had heen led astray Through the... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, v...\>.t. melancholy ! Thee, chautress, oft the woods among, 1 woo to hear thy even-song; And, missing thee, I walk...unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wand'ring ruoon Hiding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 354 pages
...' lawns,' there are eight leading images : in the fol* lowing, 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, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. The... | |
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