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
| John Landseer - Painting - 1834 - 534 pages
...occasionally transported him " To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard,...daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt." Such are Poussin's Arcadian forest scenes of the primitive ages. We almost incontinently quote Milton,... | |
| England - 1835 - 802 pages
...Viryift Eelog. \. 6. an influence which, in his // Penseroso, Milton thus beautifully describes : — ' While the bee with honied thigh That at her flowery...murmuring With such concert as they keep, Entice the dewy-feather' d sleep.' The voices of different animals must be mentioned as a part of the ' every-day... | |
| Edward Mammatt - Art - 1835 - 470 pages
...rest which the tired pedestrian of a summer's day can only appreciate ; — even the wish of Milton " Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing;" — is unavailing — for it must be admitted that insects are altogether deficient of the legitimate... | |
| Edward Mammatt - Art - 1835 - 472 pages
...rest which the tired pedestrian of a summer's day can only appreciate ; — even the wish of Milton " Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work dot h sing ;"— is unavailing — for it must be admitted that insects are altogether deficient of... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oake, Where the rude ax with heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt,...eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowry work doth sing, And the waters murmuring, With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feather'd... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oake, Where the rude ax with heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt,...eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowry work doth sing, And the waters murmuring, With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feather'd... | |
| Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 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... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1859 - 672 pages
...French, pacing with airy footfall the arched walks of twilight groves And shadows brown that Sylvan loves, Of pine or monumental oak, Where the rude axe...heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt. They are not village folks. They are well off, and without encumbrance, and of noble... | |
| Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that sylvan loves. Of pine, or monumental oak. Where the ntde axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt." A source of great additional interest has been the preparation of the drawings for... | |
| John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, 135 Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard...covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, 140 Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing,... | |
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