 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 890 pages
...about Jove's altar fing i And add to thefe retired Leifure, That in trim gardens takes his pleafurc- 56 But firft, and chiefeft, with thee bring, Him that...brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gemly o'er th' accuftom'd oak ; 60 Sweet bird that flmnn'ft the noife of folly, Moft mufical, moft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hift along, ff 'Lefs Philomel will deign a fong, In her fweeteft,...; 60 Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noife of folly, Moft mufical, moft melancholy ! Thee, chauntrefs, oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy even-fong... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 334 pages
...Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hift along, 55 'Lefs Philomel will deign a fcng, In her fwectcft, faddeft plight. Smoothing the rugged brow of night,...; 60 Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noife of folly, Moft mufical, moft melancholy ! Thee, chauntrefs, oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy even-fong... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hift along, % 'Lefs Philomel will deign a fong, In her fweeteft,...checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accuftom'd oak ; fc Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noifc of folly, Moft mufical, moft melancholy ! Thee, chauntrefs,... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...throne, The cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hift along, 'Lefs Philomel will deign a fong, Jn her fweeteft, faddeft plight, Smoothing the rugged...checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accuftom'd oak; Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noife of folly, JVTofi mufical, moft melancholy! Thee, channel's, oft... | |
 | John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 55 'Leß Philomel will daign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th'accustom'd oak; 60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...afpire, &c. And it may be obferved, that Melancholy cloathed in black, is a perfonage in the fame Mafk. And the mute Silence hift along, 55 'Lefs Philomel...Gently o'er th' accuftom'd oak : 60 Sweet bird, that fhunn'il the noife of folly, Mod mufical, moil melancholy ! Thee, chauntrefs, oft the woods among I... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...wing, Guiding the fiery wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation : And the mute Silence hift along, 'Lefs Philomel will deign a fong, In her fweeteft,...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accuftom'd oak ; Sweet bird that fhun'ft the noife of folly, Moft mufical, moft melancholy ! '... | |
 | John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...Guiding the fiery wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation : And the mute filence hift along, Xefs Philomel will deign a fong, In her fweeteft, faddeft...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accuftom'd oak ; Sweet bird, that fhunn'ft the noife of folly,, Moft mufical, moft melancholy !... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation; And the mute filence hifl along, In her fweeteft, faddeft plight, Smoothing the rugged...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accnftom'd oak; Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noife of folfyy Mof t mufical, mofl melancholy! Thee,... | |
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But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged... 
