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,... The Class Book of Poetry - Page 47by Class-book - 1852 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
| Elizabeth Strutt - 1807 - 274 pages
...were doomed to bend. bend. All the consolation he could receive was, that their venerable shades, " Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never...nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunti;" had hitherto been spared for the future interest of his son; and that the same motive now... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...pine or monumental oak, Where the rude ax with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Of fright them from their hallow'd haunt* There in close...Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from day's gairish eye, While the bee with honeyed thigh, That at her flow'ry work doth suig, And the waters murmuring,... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 490 pages
...twilight groves, And shadows brown that sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak : Where the rude ax, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to...Hide me from day's garish eye ; While the bee with honcy'd thigh. That at her flow'ry work doth sing, And the water's murmuring, With such concert as... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...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...hallow'd haunt. There, in- close covert, by some brook, Hide me from day's. garish eye, While the bee, with honied thigh, That at her flow'ry work doth sing,... | |
| Anecdotes - 1809 - 562 pages
...decoration. Our poet's pensive man retreats To arched walks of twilight groves^ And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe...heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt. If there are any allusions to the topiary art in Arcades, they were intended as a compliment to his... | |
| John Pinkerton - Voyages and travels - 1809 - 946 pages
...fliadowj brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved (Iroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt." By Salvator Rofa, the well-known picture of the Prodigal Son from the Houghton collection, Democritus... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...twilight groves, And shadows brown that 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 ihl ir hallow'd haunt; There in close covert, by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...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...work doth sing, And the waters murmuring, With such consort as they keep, Entice.the dewy-feather'd Sleep; And let some strange mysterious Dream Wave at... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...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...work doth sing, And the waters murmuring, With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feather'd Sleep; And let some strange mysterious Dream Wave at... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...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...heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Of fright them from their hallow'd hmltt. There in close covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye... | |
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