And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt Or... Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ... - Page 200by William Hayley - 1810Full view - About this book
| Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...And fhadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved flroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt. There in clofe covert by fome brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from day's garifh eye, While the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...fhadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, ] Where the rude ax with heaved flroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt. There in clofe covert by feme brook, Where no profaner eye may look, 140 Hide me from day's garifh eye, While... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...somewhat expressive of the sense. Milton's description of rural solitude is a. master-piece of this kind. And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams,...brown that sylvan loves, Of pine or monumental oak, \V'here the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...formerly tolled, with intervals of a minute, from the death to the burial of distinguished persons. " And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams,...heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hullow'd haunt; There, 'in close. covert, by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...Or usher'd with a shower still , When the gust hath blown his fill , Ending on the rustling leaves , With minute drops from off the eaves. And when the...walks of twilight groves , And shadows brown that Sy Ivan loves Of pine or monumental oak , Where the rude ax with heaved stroke daunt, W'as never heard... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...shadows hrown that Sylvan loves, Of pine or monumental oak. Where the rude axe with heaved stroke K Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them...from their hallow'd haunt. There, in close covert, hy some hrook, Where uo profaner eye may look, Hide me from Day's garish eye, Whi/e the hee with honied... | |
| Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Artists - 1805 - 432 pages
...are indicative of tranquillity j and dark blue, dark grey, and brown, of sorrow or melancholy : • me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine MILTON'S IL PENSEKOSO. Mellow tones ever associate with the gentle, and sharp ones with violent emotions.... | |
| James Hingston Tuckey - Aboriginal Australians - 1805 - 272 pages
...undisturbed retreat. Often at the calm hour of evening I have wandered through the woods, Where the rude ax with heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd hauntj, The last hymn of the feathered choiristers to the setting sun, and the soft murmurs of the... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...loud; Or usher'd with a shower still, When'the gust hath blown his fill, Ending on the rustling leaves, With minute drops from off the eaves. And when the...brown that Sylvan loves, Of pine or monumental oak, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt, There, in close covert,... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...rustling leaves, With minute drops from off the eaves. And when the sun begins to fling His flarirg beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight...Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude ax, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.... | |
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