 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 256 ページ
...as hright as thc snow, And her hosom, he sure, is as cold; How the nightingales lahour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie . How they vary their accents in vain. To the grove or the garden he strays, And pillages every sweet ; Then, salting the wreath to his lays,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804
...bright as the snow. And her bosom, be sure, is as cold : How How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, i Repine at her triumphs, and die. In the fourth I find nothing better than this natural strain of... | |
 | Peter L. Courtier - 1806
...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 Phillis's... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806
...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 in vain, To the grove or the garden he strays, And pillages every sweet; Then, suiting the wreath to hi* lays,... | |
 | William Shenstone, Thomas Park - 1808
...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 feet.... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808
...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 Phj-lh's's... | |
 | British poets - 1809
...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, ' Repine at her trinmphs, and die.' To the grove or the garden he strays. And pillages every sweet, Then suiting the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 352 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...her 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 249 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...her 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 PHYLLII'S feet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ; How the nightingales labour the strain, AVith the notes of this charmer to vie ; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die. Aina ! from the (In; thut we met, What hope of an end to my woos, When I eannot endure to forget The... | |
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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... 
