And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt Or... Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ... - Page 200by William Hayley - 1810Full view - About this book
| Elizabeth Strutt - 1807 - 274 pages
...were doomed to bend. bend. All the consolation he could receive was, that their venerable shades, " Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never...nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunti;" had hitherto been spared for the future interest of his son; and that the same motive now... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...Or usher'd with a shower' still, When the gust hath blown his fill, Ending op the rustling leaves, With minute drops from off the eaves. And when the...Sylvan loves Of pine or monumental oak, Where the rude ax with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Of fright them from their hallow'd haunt*... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...Or usher' d with a shower still, When the gust hath blown his fill, Ending on the rustling leaves, With minute drops from off the eaves. And when the...hallow'd haunt. There, in- close covert, by some brook, Hide me from day's. garish eye, While the bee, with honied thigh, That at her flow'ry work doth sing,... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 490 pages
...Or usher' d witti a shower still, When the gust has blown his fill, Ending on the rustling leaves, With minute drops from off the eaves. And when the...loves, Of pine, or monumental oak : Where the rude ax, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt;... | |
| Anecdotes - 1809 - 562 pages
...which entertains him is perfectly free from artificial decoration. Our poet's pensive man retreats To arched walks of twilight groves^ And shadows brown...heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt. If there are any allusions to the topiary art in Arcades, they were intended as a compliment to his... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...blown his nil, Ending on the rustling leaves, With minute drops from off the eaves. And when the snn begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring...loves, Of pine, or monumental oak : Where the rude ax, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from ihl ir hallow'd haunt;... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...the gust hath blown his fill, Ending on the russling leaves, With minute drops from off the eavei. And, when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams,...heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Of fright them from their hallow'd hmltt. There in close covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye... | |
| John Walker - 1811 - 568 pages
...which entertains him is perfectly free from artificial decoration. Our poet's pensive man retreats To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown...to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt. If there are any allusions to the eopiary art in Arcades, they were intended as a compliment to his... | |
| John Walker - 1811 - 554 pages
...which entertains him is perfectly free from artificial decoration. Our poet's pensive man retreats To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown...or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved strok* Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt. If there are... | |
| G. Paterson - Aboriginal Australians - 1811 - 648 pages
...find an undisturbed retreat. Often at the calm hour of evening I have wandered through the wood:,, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard...nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunts. " The tast hymn of the feathered choiristers to the setting sun, and the soft murmurs of the... | |
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