 My best guide now : methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe, Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds, When, for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the...  The modern British drama - Page 564by British drama - 1811Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...was, if mine car be true, 170 My best guide now; methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-manag'd front serene Govern the rest, self-knowing ; and from thence Magnanimous to cor unlctlcr'd hinds ; When for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...noise was, if mine ear be true, My best guide now ; methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe Stirs up among the loose unlettered hinds, When from their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...passage : • " Methought it was the sound Of riot and ill manag'd merriment. Such as the jocund Ilute, LW BS H8 YJ K D + {cx -d&$ J /W : & Bs " H L 9 0 [P ]...P}A T 1N< _G B} 3Y eg2 rhYn: %W _ { k L $ x tˢ wassailers."tt • Act L K.7. Reed, vol. x p. 88. t Act i. se. 4. Reed, vol. xvii. p. 49. i Ail v.... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...noise was, if mine ear be true My best guide now : methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe,...bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss. I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swill'd insolence Of such late wassailers ; yet, oh ! where else Shall... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...was, if mine ear be true, 170 My best guide now ; methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-manag'd jug up to the brink, And saw it fairly loth To meet the rudeness, and swill'd insolence, Of such late wassailers ; yet, O ! where else Shall... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 pages
...passage : ' Methought it was the sound Of riot and ill manag'd merriment, Such as the jocund (lute, or gamesome pipe Stirs up among the loose un'letter'd...hinds, When for their teeming flocks, and granges full, ID wanton dance, they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss. I should be loath To meet... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...noise was, if mine ear be true, 170 My best guide now ; methought it was the sound riot and ill-manag'd d with thick embattled squadrons bright, Chariots, and flaming arms, and fiery unlettcr'd hinds ; When for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...noise was, if mine car be true, My best guide now : roethought it was the sound Of riot and ill-manag'd life is to get money, and more money, that he may...on, and says that Solomon says, " The hand of the danee they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss. I should be loath To meet the rudeness... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...was the sound Of riot, and ill-manag'd merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe Stirsjup among the loose unletter'd hinds, When for their teeming...dance, they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the god's amiss. I should be loath To meet the rudeness and swill'd insolence Of late wassailers ; yet... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...be true, My best guide now : methought it was the sound ( if riot and ill-manag'd merriment, Such us e shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. BIR JOHN DAVIES. Snt JOHN DAVTES (1570-1626), wassailcrs ; yet 0 ! where else Shall I inform my unacquainted feet In the blind mazes of this tangled... | |
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