 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...Laughter, holding both his sides, Come ! and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And, in thy right hand, lead with thee The mountain nymph,...sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door,... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 pages
...little poem, his description of morning, for tranquil and sparkling beauty, has never been surpassed. "To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door,... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 322 pages
...under its overburthening store of fruit, now withered and naked, he— " Heard the lark begin hi« flight, And singing startle the dull night From his...sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin— And to the stack, or the barn-door.... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...it as you go On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty : And if I give thee honour due, Mirth,...sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine ; While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door,... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - 1849 - 388 pages
...the dull night From his wateh-towe*r in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to conic in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow,—...sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din, Seatters the rear of darkness thin— And to the stack, or the barn-door.... | |
 | 1866 - 376 pages
...give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreprovcd pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight,...the last props that held up his tottering throne! Cromwell, as we have seen, gave Master Hartlib a pension; but whether on the score of his theological... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...And in thy right-hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty : And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her...sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine; While the cock, with lively din, » Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack or the barn-door... | |
 | Class-book - 1852 - 152 pages
...8 Called ; ya prefix commonly found in early poets. 4 The goddess of mirth. * The goddess of youth. And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine ; While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of Darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door,... | |
 | 1866 - 760 pages
...the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to conic, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow,...whose rhythm none could appreciate better than he, waa also the sturdy Puritan pamphleteer whose blows had thwacked so terribly upon the last props that... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 564 pages
...fair, blith reathed smiles. " °heek> Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph,...sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door,... | |
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To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar or the vine, Or the twisted... 
