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 British poets, including translations - Page 212by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
| John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon 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 build the lofty rhime. He muft not flote upon his... | |
| John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon 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 build the lofty rhime. He muft not flote upon his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...the mellowing year. £ Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon 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 build the lofty rhyme. He muft not flote upon his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...mellowing year. 4 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels rfce to difturb your feafon due i For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer i Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew to Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhyme. He muft not... | |
| English poetry - 1781 - 512 pages
...before the mellowing year. Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon 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 build the lofty rhime. He muft not float upon his wat'ry... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...before the mellowing year. Bitter conftraint and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon due : 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, and build the lofty rhyme j He muft not flote upon... | |
| John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...the mellowing year. • $ Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to diflurb your feafon 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 build the lofty rhime. text, one of the moft uncommon... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...Irish seas, 1637, and by oecasion foretells tht ruin of our corrupted clergy, then in tbeirbightb. YET once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles...never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and erude, And with forc'd ringers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter constraint,... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon 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 build the lofty rhyme. He muft not flote upon his... | |
| John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...the ivy ; which laft is charafterifed before as ntwr fere. Compels Compels me to difturb your feafon due : . . ,For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,...Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not fing for Lycidas ? He knew 10 Himfelf to fmg, and build the lofty rhime. II. — To Jing, and build... | |
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