Sweet echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale Where the love-lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well: Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair... Comus: A Mask - Page 16by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
| Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
...Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that livest unseen 230 Within thy aery shell, By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale Where the...nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well : ' 235 219. A glistering gultrdian.] any slow, winding stream. The An allusion to Ps. xci. 11: 'He... | |
| Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell, By slow Meander's margent stream, And in the violet-embroidered vale, Where the lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mounieth well,— Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likcst thy Narcissus are ? O, if thou... | |
| George Hogarth - Dramatic music - 1851 - 394 pages
...It is a sort of stiff and constrained chant, destitute of melody, and, except in the passage — " Where the love-lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well," where there is a glimmering of feeling at the words " sad song," — it is equally destitute of expression.... | |
| English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...margent green, Arsd in the violet-embroider'd vale, Where the lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thec lk' ! O, if thou have Hid them in some flowery cave, Tell me but where, 240 Sweet queen of parley, daughter... | |
| Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-imbroidered vale Where the love-lorn Nightingale Nightly to thee...me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are? O if thou have Hid them in some flowery cave, Tell me but where, Sweet Queen of Parley, Daughter of... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - Chivalry - 1913 - 972 pages
...attention : "Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy aery shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale, Where the...me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are? O, if thou have Hid them in some flowery cave, Tell me but where, Sweet queen of parly, daughter of... | |
| David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet embroider'd vale Where the love-lorn nightingale Nightly to thee...me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are? O if thou have Hid them in some flow'ry cave, Tell me but where Sweet Queen of Parley, Daughter of... | |
| Cedric C. Brown - Drama - 1985 - 246 pages
...ayrie shell by slow Maeanders margent greene and in the violet-imbroider'd vale where the love-lorne nightingale nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well Canst thou not tell me of a gentle paire that likest thy Narcissus are? Oh if thou have hid them in some flowrie cave tell me but where... | |
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