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" There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream : Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father Brute. She, guiltless damsel, flying the... "
Examination papers used at the examinations for direct commissions [&c.]. - Page 18
by War office - 1858 - 12 pages
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle nymph not iar from henee, That with moist eurb * %` e X X < ; Wbilorne she was the daughter of Loerine, That had the seeptre from his father Brute. She, guiltless...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Meliboeus old I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream, Sabnna is her name, a virgin pure; Whilome she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces

John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...with moist curb sways the smooth Severn MILTON. Whilom sire was tlw daughter of Locrine, That had tlie sceptre from his father brute. She, guiltless damsel, flying the mad pursuit Of her enraged stepdsme Guendolen, 830 Commended her fair innocence to the flood, That ••.Mill her flight with...
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Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain ...

John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...tall wood. Lady. Nay, gentle shepherd, ill is lost that praise That is address'd to unattending ears. There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with...Severn stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father Brute. She, guiltless...
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The History of Tewkesbury

James Bennett - 1830 - 502 pages
...exquisite poem of Comus, alludes to this tradition : " There is a gentle nymph not far from henee, " That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream, " Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure." The Severn, which Hennins styles " one of the arms of Britain," has its souree in a small lake on the...
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A compendium of ancient and modern geography

Aaron Arrowsmith - 1831 - 970 pages
...the Southern fart of Derbyshire, past Nottingham, and so along the Western limits of Lincolnshire, 14 There is a gentle nymph, not far from hence, That...Severn stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure. Milton, Gamut, 824. Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Meliboeus old I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with...Severn stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; see Whilome she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father Brute. 816 nven'd]...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream, 895 Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilome she was...damsel, flying the mad pursuit Of her enraged stepdame Guendolen, 830 Commended her fair innocence to the flood, That stay'd her flight with his cross-flowing...
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The springs of Plynlimmon: a poem, with copious notes

Luke Booker - 1834 - 176 pages
...used, Which, once, of Melibceus old, I learnt,— The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. " There is a gentle Nymph, not far from hence, That,...Severn stream ; Sabrina is her name, — a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father Brute. She, guiltless...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Meliboens old I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream, 825 Sobriua is her name, a virgin pure; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That bad the scepter...
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