 Gently o'er the accustomed 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 On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold...  Minor Poems - Page 19by John Milton - 1914 - 126 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1808 - 844 pages
...stniilla di lontano Che piao '1 giorno pianger, che si muore. Mr. Wakefield cites Milton, II fen* seroso. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore. Swinging wild with sullen roar. and adds — " This is excellently descriptive;... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 pages
...inimitably fine poems. Take, for instance, the following lines from the Penseroso : -I walk unseen On the dry, smooth-shaven green? To behold the wandering moon Riding' near her highest noon ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...evening 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 had been led astray Through the haavn'^ wide pathless And oft as if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of...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 permit, Some still removed... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...evening 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 had been led astray Through the heav'us' wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping thro' a fleecy cloud, Oft... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 490 pages
...And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green. To behold the wand'ring moon, Hiding near her highest noon ; Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'ns' wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping thro* a fleecy cloud, Oft... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...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 wandering...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,... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...as heard by a man of meditation, we have the following circumstantiation in Milton's " Penseroso :" 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. few is made to toll requiems to the day newly deceased... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1811 - 400 pages
...in descriptive writing. Take, for instance, the following passage from the Penseroso: 1 walk unseen On the dry, smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering...led astray Through the 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,... | |
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