 | John Aikin - 1774 - 328 ページ
...I am loft to-day '. GAY. DESPAIRING befide a clear ftream, A fhepherd forfaken was laid, And whilft a falfe nymph was his theme, A willow fupported his...with a figh did reply^ And the brook in return to his pahi Ran mournfully murmuring by. Alas! filly fwain that I was! Thus fadly Complaining he cried; When... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 256 ページ
...COMPLAINT. A SONG, •PO THE TUNE OF GRIM KING OF THE GHOSTS. DESPAIRING befide a clear ftream, A (hepherd forfaken was laid ; And while a falfe nymph was his...filly fwain that I was ! Thus fadly complaining, he cry'd, When firft I beheld that fair face, 'Twere better by far I had dy'd. She talk'd, and I blefs'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 256 ページ
...OF THE GHOSTS. DESPAIRING befide a clear ftream, A fhepherd forfaken was laid ; And while a fali'e nymph was his theme, A willow fupported his head....return to his pain. Ran mournfully murmuring by. Alas, filjy fwain that I was ! Thus fadly complaining, he cry'd, When firft I beheld that faii-face, 'Twere... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 248 ページ
...COMPLAINT. A SONG, TO THE TUNE OF GRIM KING OF THE GHOSTS. DESPAIRING befide a clear ftream, A mepherd forfaken was laid ; And while a falfe nymph was his theme, A willow fuppo:ted his head. The wind that blew over the plain, To his fighs with a figh did reply ; And the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 738 ページ
...GHOSTS. DESPAIRING befide a clear ftream, A (hepherd forlaken was laid ; And while a falfc nymph wns his theme, A willow fupported his head. The wind that blew over (he plain, To his fighs with a iigh did reply ; And the brook, in return to his pain, Ran mournfully... | |
 | 1781 - 384 ページ
...forfaken was laid ; And w.iii a j'.ilfr nymph was his theme, A wiliow fuppurted hii head, The winds that blew over the plain, To his fighs with a figh did reply ; And the brook, in return to his pajn, Ran mournfully murmuring by. Alai ! filly Twain that I was ! Thus fadly complaining he ery'd... | |
 | John Bell - 1784 - 390 ページ
...COLIN'S COMPLAINT. To tlu Tune of Grim King of the Gbofls. I. DESPAIRING befide a elear ftream A Ihepherd forfaken was laid, And while a falfe nymph was his theme A willow fupported his head. , 4 The wind that blew over the plain To his fighs with a iigh did reply, And the brook in return to... | |
 | Humming bird - 1785 - 440 ページ
...willow (upported his head : The wind, that blew over the plain, To his fight with a fighdid reply j And the brook, in return to his pain, Ran mournfully...filly fwain that I was, Thus fadly complaining he cry' d ; When firftl beheld that fair face, 'Twere better by far I had dy'ds She talk d, and I blefs'd... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - 1788 - 502 ページ
...foul improve, Howe'erphilofophers difpute. ., $ ONG XX. DESPAIRIN-G befide a clear ftream, A (hepherd forfaken was laid ; And while a falfe nymph was his...theme, A willow, fupported his head. The wind that blew.over the plain, To his fighs -with a figh <lid reply i .And the brook in return to his pain, ^an... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 358 ページ
...COMPLAINT. A SONG, TO THE TUNE OP " GRIM KING OF THE GHOSTS." T-VESPAIRING befide a clear ftream, A fhepherd forfaken was laid ; And while a falfe nymph was his...filly fwain that I was ! Thus fadly complaining, he cry'd, When firft I beheld that fair face, 'Twere better by far I had dy'd. She talk'd, and I blefs'd... | |
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And while a false nymph was his theme, A willow supported his head. The wind, that blew over the plain, To his sighs with a sigh did reply : And the brook, in return to his pain, Ran mournfully murmuring by. 
