 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1002 ページ
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ! How the nightingales labor the strain, steps, And strays, And pillages every sweet; Then, suiting the wreath to his lays, He throws it at Phyllis's feet.... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1881
...bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain. With the notes of his cb:inncr to vie ; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs aud die.1 . . . DISAPPOINTMENT. Ye shepherds, give ear to mv lay, And take no more heed of my sheep;... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883
...bright as the snow, And her bosom, bo sure, is aa cold ? 140 How tho nightingales labour tho strain. With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at their triumphs, and die." To the grove or tho garden ho strays, And pillages every sweet : Thon, suiting... | |
 | Heinrich Oskar Sommer - 1888 - 131 ページ
...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 in vain, Repine at her trinmphs, and die." Disappointment 6. O, ye woods, spread your branches apace; To your deepest recesses... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1027 ページ
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ! How the nightingales labor the strain. I oates a*id die." i To the grove or the garden he strays, And pillages every sweet; Then, suiting the wreath... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, ! . . . Disappointment. Ye shepherds, give ear to my lay, And take no more heed of my sheep : They have... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, ur . . . . Disappointment. Ye shepherds, give ear to my lay, And take no more heed of my sheep : They have... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 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 1742; the Pastoral Ballad (from which... | |
 | 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
...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... | |
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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... 
