 | 1840 - 372 էջ
...retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure : But, first and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing Guiding the fiery-wheeled...checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft,... | |
 | 1840 - 1522 էջ
...things de« lightful to her heart. Thus it is when the pensive spirit of the poet implores that— " Philomel will deign a song In her sweetest saddest...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak." Does not the lovely light seem sometimes to rejoice when the blue concave is all her... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 էջ
...retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure : But first, and chicfest, with thee bring, clear, At Milrrfin pauses, through the swelling base...in every secret grove ; There let the shepherd's : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft,... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 344 էջ
...melancholy one ; and to this no one has a more agreeable allusion than Milton : Sweet bird, that shunn'et the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy,...Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo to hear thy evening song. The nightingale is in fact, however, a cheerful bird. She sings by day as well as by... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 էջ
...retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure : But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, t with it, Dunciad ! let the secret pass, That secret...we lie?) The queen of Midas slept, and so may I. : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft,... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 էջ
...retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled...checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 էջ
...retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure : But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, rngged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the aecustom'd oak : Sweet... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 էջ
...retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure : But first, and chiefest, with thee bring. Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled...checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 էջ
...retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure. But first, and chiefest, with thee bring excepting that it was more disfigured with errors...1644, and a fourth in 1C85. The public admiration dragon-yoke, Gently o er th' oecustom'd oak. Sweet bird, that shuun'st the noise of folly, Most musical,... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 էջ
...bird. Milton notices this in one of the most beautiful of his poems, — " Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy...chantress, oft the woods among, I woo to hear thy evening song 1 " And Cowper delightfully compares the retired Christian to the nightingale. Referring... | |
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But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song... 
