 As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring...  The Retrospective Review - Page 4041823Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...precious things from thee ! Restore the Dead, thou Sea ! MRS HEMANS. 45. ADDRESS TO THE NIGHTINGALE. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...Nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her breast upon a thorn ; And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity.... | |
 | William Thomas Lowndes - English literature - 1857 - 320 pages
...speaks highly of Barnfield as a poet, and among bis poems will be founc that beautiful Ode, commencing 'As it fell upon a day ' In the merry month of May/ which has been attributed to Shakespeare. Baro, Bonaventure. Obsidio el Expugnatio Arcis Duncannon... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...rare excellence, that it was, for a long time, ascribed to Shakspeare. ADDRESS TO THE NIGHTINGALE. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...forlorn, Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn; And there song the dolefnll'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity. Fie, fle, fle, now would she cry ; Tern,... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pages
...be sharp as ever, Just like love. AS IT FELL UPON A DAY. i'EAiii!. J [ifuiic by Sir -I . Jiisiior. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade, With a grove of myrtles made ; Beasts did leap and birds did sing, Trees did grow and plants did spring,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 392 pages
...piece, ' To a Nightingale,' which used to be attributed to Shakspeare. ADDRESS TO THE NIGHTINGALE. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring ; Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1883 - 826 pages
...mournful. She was frequently represented as the one exception to the general joy of summer : — Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast against a thorn, t And then sung the dolefullest ditty That to hear it was great pity. Fie, fie, fie,... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1860 - 240 pages
...beautiful ode by Barnfield, long attributed to Shakespeare, called " The Shepherds Ode," beginning As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May ; and we have here at the end of the sonnets another ode of great lyric beauty, from which we transeribe... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1860 - 236 pages
...beautiful ode by Barnfield, long attributed to Shakespeare, called " The Shepherds Ode," beginning As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May ; and we have here at the end of the sonnets another ode of great lyric beauty, from which we transcribe... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...! Alas ! thy cruelty ! And wilt thou leave me thus t Say nay! say nay ! Sir T. Wyat THE NIGHTINGALE As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting...She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast against a thorn, And there sung the dolefullest ditty That to hear it was great pity. Fie, fie, fie,... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...She was thereat so terrified And grieved, that she quickly died. Old Ballad LXXXIII THE NIGHTINGALE As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting...birds did sing, Trees did grow and plants did spring, Everything did banish moan, Save the Nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her... | |
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