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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... "
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ... - Page 82
by Samuel Johnson - 1805
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 3

John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...should be compared with Milton in this description of the lark See also Comus, 315, and L' Allegro, 41. To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night From hit match-tower in the tkirt, Till the dappled dawn doth rise. Dunsler. 282. As lishtly from his grassy...
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Conversations on Poetry:: Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Children

Author of the Buxton diamonds - 1824 - 160 pages
...description of the lark bidding him good-morrow : ' To hear the lark begin his flight, And, rising, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, , Till the dappled morn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-brier...
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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...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow , And at my window hid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or...
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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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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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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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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
....Mirth, admit me of thy erew, To live with her, and live with thee, ln unreproved pleasures free ; N 7 9 nN އ = 1 q 1 R K 8) $ ϱ] *j` 5P Q wateh-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to eome in spite of sorrow, And at...
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Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ...

1826 - 310 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...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid goo"d-morro\v, Through the sweet-briar, or...
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The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the ...

Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
...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, startle...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, 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 o perfectly, as God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea pr ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow. And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the...
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