 YET once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude ; And, with forced fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear, Compels...  The first (-sixth) part of Miscellany poems, publ. by Mr. Dryden - Page 162by Miscellany poems - 1716Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - Classical poetry - 1716 - 424 pages
...crude, And with forc'd fingers rude, Shatrer your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitrer conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your...due : For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime Young Lycidar, and hath not left his peer : Who would not ilng for Lycidas * he knew Himfelf to fing, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1747 - 180 pages
...crude, And with forc'd fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon due ; For LyciJas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young LyciJas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not fing... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your...due: For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer: Who would not fing for Lycidas? he knew 10 Himfelf to fing, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your...due : For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer: Who would not ling for Lycidas? he knew 10 Himfelf to fing, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. £ Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your...due : For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer: Who would not fmg for Lycidas? he l{.new jo Himfelf to fing, and... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 512 pages
...crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your...due : For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime; Young Lycidas! and hath not left his peer. Who would not ring for Lycidas ? he knew Himfelf to fing, and... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...crude, And with forc'd fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter conftraint and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your...: For Lycidas is dead, dead e're his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew I ! > nili -1 f to fing,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your...due: For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew 10 Himfelf to fmg, and... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...harfh and crude, And with forc'il fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bi:tcr constraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon due : For Lycidas is deed, dead e'er his prime, Your.t; Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would rot fingfor Lycidas?... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude ; And, with forced fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year : Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear, Compels me to disturb your season due : For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,... | |
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