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" 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 On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold... "
Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ... - Page 12
by John Aikin - 1841 - 807 pages
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Poetical Works

John Milton - 1909 - 504 pages
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The Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

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...Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water' d shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or, if the air will not...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 1

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...Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or, if the air will not...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...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...she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud; Oft on n plat of rising ground I hear the ftr-off curfew sound. Over some wide water'd shore, Swinging slow...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...wand'ring 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 bow'd,...of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 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;...highest noon,^| Like one that had been led astray And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a phrt of rising ground,...
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Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ...

William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 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;...behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon,Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way; And oft, as if her head...
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Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres, Volume 3

Hugh Blair - English literature - 1811 - 400 pages
...circumstances in descriptive writing. Take, for instance, the following passage from the Penseroso: 1 walk unseen On the dry, smooth-shaven green, To behold...Oft, on a plat of rising ground, , I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide watered shore, Swinging slow with solemn roar : Or, if the air will not...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...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, Like one that...Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfcu sound Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow wilh sullen roar; Or, if the air will not...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 48

England - 1840 - 876 pages
...need of a guide to lead her along the sea-like sameness of the untrodden sky ? " I walk unseen On tne dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering Moon...Heaven's wide pathless way; And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud." May we not readily, too, assimilate the course that she thus...
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