| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...CCOWLEY.J I. HAIL, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay with their grateful voice, n. Hail, the poor muses' richest manor seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy gods... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...SOLITUDE. HAIL, old patrician trees, so great and good I Hail, ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous...retreat, Which all the happy gods so love, That for >ou oft they quit their bright and great Metropolis above. Here Nature does a house for me erect, Nature,... | |
| Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...umbra.* I. Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail ye plebeian underwood I Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. * Virg. Georg. ii. 489. 2. Hail, the poor Muses richest manor seat t Ye country houses and retreat,... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...the importunities of company or business, which would abstract him from his beloved. Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests, and plenteous...their grateful voice. Hail, the poor Muses' richest manor seat! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy Gods so love, That for you oft they... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 424 pages
...umbri?"* Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous...voice. Hail, the poor Muses' richest manor-seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, . Which all the happy gods so love, That for you oft they quit their bright... | |
| George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...umbra ? Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. Here let me, careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds, above me flying, With all their... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 296 pages
...?" 1. Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. 2. Hail, the poor Muses richest manor-seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy gods... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 298 pages
...?" 1. Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. 2. Hail, the poor Muses richest manor-seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy gods... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 298 pages
...?" 1. Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. 2. Hail, the poor Muses richest manor-seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy gods... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...SOLITUDK. II AH., old patrician trees, so great and good ! Hail, ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous...food Pay with their grateful voice. Hail, the poor Muse's richest manor-seat ! Ye country houses and retreat, Which all the happy gods so love, That for... | |
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