 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...Milton, ; his Allegro, most beautifully calls upon us ' To hear the lark begin his flight, And ringing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies. Till the dapple dawn doth rise.' ind bishop Newton observes, that the scene of ural cheerfulness thus exhibited,... | |
 | James Bolton - 1830 - 382 pages
...life and the innocency of his own mind. He describes himself in a situation " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night From...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." How exquisitely charming too is the picture drawn by Shakspeare's magic hand! " Hark ! hark ! the lark... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...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,...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet briar, or the... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 pages
...Shtphert. t Naogtorguf, by Googe. Lines from I 'Allegro To hew the lark begin his flight, And tinging, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, 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... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...song before the morning dawns ; to this Milton alludes in his L'Allegro : " To hear the lark begin bis flight, And singing startle the dull night. From his watch-tower in the skies. Till the dapple dawn doth rise." And also Shakespeare : " The gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 pages
...every lover of the country from his conch : — 651 054 Lines from Ï Allegro To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing, startle the dull night. From...watch-tower in the skies, 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... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 496 pages
...them, and among others, the singing of the lark before the rising of the sun : " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dapple dawn dqth rise ; * The wild hyacinths of our English woods and hedge-rows, commonly called blue-bells.... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 482 pages
...them, and among others, the singing of the lark before the rising of the sun : " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dapple dawn doth rise ; * The wild hyacinths of our English woods and hedge-rows, commonly called blue-bells.... | |
 | Theocritus - 1836 - 450 pages
...Carols to the rising day Many a note, and many a lay." Faithful Shepherdess. " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." L'Allegro. " Don't cut your hand — to split a cumin-seed." — P. 93. The Greeks said of a miser... | |
 | Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 pages
...Carols to the rising day Many a note, and many a lay." Faithful Shepherdess. " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." L'Allegro. " Don't cut your hand — to split a cumin-seed."— P. 93. The Greeks said of a miser that... | |
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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... 
