 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 ページ
...the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustom'd oak, Stoeet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly. Most musical, most melancholy ! » Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo to hear thy even-song : And missing thee, I walk unseen On the... | |
 | 1846 - 590 ページ
...the most exquisite jug of the night-warbler, as, m covert lone, she sings, darkling, he exclaims— " Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most...chantress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy ev'ning song; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wand'ring... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1846 - 256 ページ
...delightful is her plaintive strain. " Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, moat melancholy ! Thee, chantress ! oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy evening song." What sweet associations are oftentimes blended with field flowers! I love the woodbine, and the dog-rose,... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 ページ
...Smoothing the rugged brow of Night ; While Cynthia checks her dragon-yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak. Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among, I woo, to hear thy ev'ning song : And missing thee, I walk unseen... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 ページ
...Smoothing the rugged brow of night While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustom'd oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song: And missing thee, I walk unseen On the... | |
 | 1846 - 436 ページ
...Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustomed oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On... | |
 | Migratory birds - 1847 - 74 ページ
...Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most...oft the woods among, I woo to hear thy evening song ; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding... | |
 | George Soane - 1847 - 360 ページ
...resumes the same sound." * Milton, as most readers will recollect, thus addresses the nightingale ; " Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most...the woods among, I woo to hear thy evening song." — II Penseroso. Virgil uses the melancholy of the nightingale in an exquisite simile to express the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 ページ
...Night ; While Cynthia checks her dragon-yoke, Gently o er th' accustom'd oak. Sweet bird, that shuim'st he er'ning song : And missing thcc, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wand'ring... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 ページ
...Smoothing the rugged brow of Night ; While Cynthia checks her dragon-yoke, Gently o er th' accustoru'd oak. d Lincoln"% Chambers Robert" Robert Chambers( 1 woo, to hear thy ev'ning song : And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To... | |
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Less Philomel will deign a song In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! 
