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" Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note. "
Poems Divine and Moral: Many of Them Now First Published - Page 286
by John Bowdler - 1821 - 468 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 8

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 348 pages
...' To find thy piercing ray, but find no dawn. And a little after : ' Seasons return, but not to me returns ' Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, ' Or sight of vernai bloom or summer's rose, ' Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; ' But cloud instead, and...
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Life of Francis Beaumont. Life of John Fletcher. Prefaces. Commendatory ...

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...resemblance to his own circumstances. ' Who fed on thoughts that voluntary mov'd ' Harmonious numbers, as the wakeful bird ' Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid ' Tunes her nocturnal note.' Seicard. Virgil's simile is also translated in one of Lee's Tragedies. ''" Our great fnemy.] The wolf....
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 2

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 pages
...resemblance to his own circumstances. ' Who fed on thoughts that voluntary mov'd ' Harmonious numbers, as the wakeful bird ' Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid • Tunes her nocturnal note.' SeuiarJ, Virgil's simile is also translated in o:ia of Lte'* Tragedies '° Our"grcut tntny.] The wolf....
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...shadiest covert hid Tun. s her nocturnal note. Thus with the year 40 Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or (locks, or herds, or human face divirie; But cloud instead, and ever-duriiig dark 45 Surrounds me,...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 2

John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...Phineas prophets old: Then fct d on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious nniuU'ra; as the wnktful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Sonsons return ; but not to me i ' urns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or mom, Or siirht of vernal...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers — as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest...the year, Seasons return — but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks or...
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Of optics, magnetism, electricity, & galvanism

Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 468 pages
...deplorable. Charles. I well remember how feelingly .Milton describes his situation after he lost his sight : -With the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns...vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or Kumaa face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 1

Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...has been so beautifully copied by Milton 1. • 1 Thus with the year Seasons retuni, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn,...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine, 220 The Contemplative Philosopher. NO. xxI. O Primavera, gioventu dell' anno, Bella madre di...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers — as tl.e wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert...the year, Seasons return — but not to me returns , Dr.;, , or the sweet approach of even or mi'rn, No sight of vtrnal bloom, or summers- rose, Or flocks...
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The Sexagenarian: Or, The Recollections of a Literary Life ...

William Beloe - 1817 - 400 pages
...horror will grow mild, this darkness light. SOPHOC. SOPHOC. AJAX. 597. E/XOV Cif ( Book III. v. 39. As the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note — MOSCHDS. Id. HI. Q. a! WIiXIVOKHV <»Sy^o/x»vai TTOTI Book III. v. 217He risked, but all the heavenly...
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