 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
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 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 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...evening-song ; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wand'ring Heav'n's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleeey eloud. Oft... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pages
...I Thee chauntress oft the woods among I woo to hear thy even-song ; And missing thee, 1 walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloyslers lmle." High potentates, and dames of... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | 1826 - 310 pages
...hear tliy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, VOL. in. 6* To behold the wandering Moon, Riding near her highest...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,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1826 - 320 pages
...dale." Example 2. The Penseroso presents the followiog, account of the ohjects of the evening. '£™ *, Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or, if the air will not permit. Some still removed plaee will fit,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 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 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1829 - 648 pages
...descriptive writing. Take, for instance, the following passage from the Penseroso : -I walk unseen On the dry, smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering...her highest noon : Like one that had been led astray Throngh the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping throngh a fleecy... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...all. HesaDeep throated engines belched, whose roar Imbowelled with outrageous noise the air. Jfsfc*. Oft on a plat of rising ground. I hear the far-off curfew sound. Over some wide-watered shear, Swinging slow with sullen roar. U. When cannons did diffuse, Preventing posts, the terror, and... | |
 | John Brewster - 1829 - 632 pages
...moonlight night. The sweetness of the scene is considerably heightened by the introduction of the curfew: " 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." A morning bell is likewise rung, in winter at... | |
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