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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... "
Simple History of English Literature: With Illustrative Extracts - Page 180
by A. L. Stronach - 1891 - 272 pages
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...lover of the country from his couch : — * Shepherd. t Níogeorgu», by Goojf. Lines from T Allegro To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing-, startle...Then to come, in spite of sorrow , And at my window hid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock, with...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In nnreproved pleasures free : To hear the lark begin its flight, And, singing, startle the dull Night, - *...From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled da^n doth rise > Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweetbriar...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...honour due, .Mirth, admit me of thy erew, To live with her, and live with thee, ln unreproved pleasures by twilight at a town : That day had been the baiting of a bull, 'Twas at a feast, and wateh-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to eome in spite of sorrow, And at...
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A Select Collection of Old Plays: Gammer Gurton's needle; Alexander and ...

Robert Dodsley - 1825 - 426 pages
...Milton seems to have had this passage in his mind when he wrote the following lines in his L'Allegro: " To hear the lark begin his flight, " And singing startle the dull night; " From his watch tow'r in the skies, " Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; And a late elegant writer, Mr. F. Coventry,...
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A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 2

Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist - 1825 - 422 pages
...Milton seems to have had this passage in his mind when he wrote the following lines in his L' Allegro: " To hear the lark begin his flight, " And singing startle the dull night ; " From his watch tow'r in the skies, " Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; And a late elegant writer, Mr. F. Coventry,...
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Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ...

1826 - 310 pages
...honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing...to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid goo"d-morro\v, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with...
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The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...• Shepherd. » Naogeorgue, by Gooae. Lines from I' Allegro To hear the lark begin his flight, Aud singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower...to come, in spite of sorrow. And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with...
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The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the ...

Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
...bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign. 8. Admit me, Mirth, to live with thee In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing,...From his watch-tower in the skies Till the dappled dawn-doth-rise j Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And, at my window, bid good morrow Through the sweetbriar...
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The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports ...

William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...the lark begin his flight, And einging, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the ikies. Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tow'r in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at...
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