| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-«rowned Bacchus bore : Or whether (as some sages sing) The frolic wind that breathes the spring, M Zephyr, with Aurora playing, As he met her once a maying, There on beds of vi'lets blue, And fresh... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 278 pages
...ie called Euphrosyne is the name of one of the Graces. And by men, heart-easing mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles,... | |
| British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...thou goddess fair and free, In heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by men heart-easing Mirth ; Whom lovely Venus, at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To...There on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses wash'd in dew, Flll'd her with thee, a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonaire. Haste thee,... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...thou Goddess, fair and free, In Heav*n yclep'd Euphroeyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely violeta blue, And fresh-blown roses wash'd in dew, Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair, So buxom,... | |
| William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 380 pages
...lie tells her, say that your parents were Venus and Bacchus, or Love and Wine ; but, As some tager sing, The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr,...There on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses' wash'd in dew, Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Here love is made... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...thou Goddess fair and free, In heav'n ycleap'd Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore ; 15 that was now written and studied. See Fletcher's Falie One, act v. s. 4. Titus Andronicus, act... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...welcome thee, and wish thee long. With exquisite" feeling and exuberant grace he derives Mirth from @Z / a Maying; and, -with beautiful propriety, as regards the season, he makes the scenery beds of violets... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...With two sister Graees more To ivy-erowned Baeehus bore ; ( )r whether (as some sages sing) The frolie V onee a-maying, There on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses wash'd in dew, Fill'd her with... | |
| English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...goddess fair and free, In Heaven 'yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth ; Whom lovely Venus, at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To...wind, that breathes the spring. Zephyr, with Aurora playing1, As he met her once a-Maying ; There 011 beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses wash'd... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...thou goddess fair and free, In Heav'n yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore ; Or whether (as some sager sing) The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once... | |
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