 And, if I give thee 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-tower in the skies, Till the dappled...  Appletons' School Readers: (five Book Edition) - Page 403by William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1902Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...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...sorrow, 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew. To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free : uy good-morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with IH-ely... | |
 | 1847 - 862 pages
...in poetry, where, in L'Allegro, he describes himself in a situation • To hear the lark begin hi* flight, And singing, startle the dull night, From...to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow. Through the sweet-brier or the vine, Or the twibted eglantine.' These words kindle up... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...English : — To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night From his watchtow'r in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then...sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine ; While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1848 - 358 pages
...description of morning, for tranquil and sparkling beauty, has never been surpassed. MORAL USES OF POETRY. "To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweetbrier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 540 pages
...tower and gardens of Buffon. To his own practice of early rising Milton alludes in L' Allegro : — " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...watch•tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise," &c. And again in II Penseroso, there is a beautiful description of the dawn, written with the graphic... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pages
...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...to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine; While the cock with lively... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...that shun'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy !" But " the cheerful man " awakes " To hear the lark begin his flight. And singing, startle...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." * " Cyprus," a thin transparent texture, ^supposed to have been originally produced in the island of... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pages
...away! Admittedly some of the words are hard, but there is no doubting the enthusiasm and the delight. To hear the lark begin his flight And, singing, startle...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise. JOHN MILTON Dappled dawn . . . what a lovely combination of words and sounds! Dappled is with most... | |
 | Edward Le Comte - 1991 - 168 pages
...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...doth rise; Then to come in spite of sorrow And at rny window bid good-morrow. Who comes or is to come? Is it the lark? Is it L'Allegro himself? Is it... | |
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