 | 1903
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ; How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary...accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die. Shenstone's most ambitious poem, The Schoolmistress, appeared in 1 742 ; the Pastoral Ballad (from... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 504 ページ
...bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ; How the nightingales labour the strain, AVith the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary their...accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die. Shenstone's most ambitious poem, The Schoolmistress, appeared in 1 742 ; the Pastoral Ballad (from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 ページ
...bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold : ' How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary...their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die3.' In the fourth I find nothing better than this natural strain of 29 Hope: ' Alas ! from the day... | |
 | Kathleen Winifred Campbell - 1926 - 220 ページ
...as bright as the snow. And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ? How the nightingales labour the strain. With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary...triumphs, and die." To the grove or the garden he strays, And pillages every sweet ; Then, suiting the wreath to his lays, He throws it at Phyllis' s... | |
 | Theocritus Junior - 2003 - 281 ページ
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ? How the nightingales labor the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Kepine at her triumphs and die." GENEKAL-LOVER. There is a class of beaux, who, without being absolutely... | |
 | R.D. Marsh - 1850 - 136 ページ
...is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold: How the nightingales labor the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary...triumphs, and die." To the grove or the garden he strays, And pillages every sweet ; Then suiting the wreath to his lays, He throws it at Phyllis's feet.... | |
 | J.C. GROCOTT - 1854 - 310 ページ
...as h right as the snow, And her bosom, he sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary...accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die. SIIESSTONE, Pastoral Ballad, part 3. 'TIS LIKE, &c. 'Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling nag. SHAKSPEBE,... | |
 | 1809 - 822 ページ
...is as bright as the mow, And her bosom! be sure, is as coldHow the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, He-pine at her triumphs, and die. " To the grove, to the garden he stray, 1 , v And pillages every... | |
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Tis his with mock passion to glow, Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents... 
