| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1815 - 572 pages
...they must feel all its inspiration. Milton has acquainted us with his practice of seeking the fields " ere the high lawns appeared under the opening eyelids of the morn," and with the effect of this habit on his muse. The present writer is also alive to the pleasure's of... | |
| Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...would rove ; VARIATIONS. Ver. 106. He twmW] Would he, Ms. M. and W. NOTES. Ver. 100. Upland lawn] " Ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn." Lycidas,25. W. Ver. 102. That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high] " From the deep dell where... | |
| William Godwin - 1817 - 342 pages
...I rose in the morning, I met Henrietta. We partook of our light and healthful refections together. Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn, And, till the star, that rose at evening bright, Towards heaven's descent had sloped his westering... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring or shady grove, or sunny hill. Par. Lost, Book ¡ii. + afield. Lycida*. WILLIAM WniTEHEAD. 166 CYCLOPEDIA OF on leaving which he obtained a scholarship at... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...shroud. For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eye-lids of the Morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1837 - 338 pages
...banks of the Isis, where, as I have sometimes heard him repeat, at fust with tears in his eyes, — ' Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn, They drove afield, and both together heard What thne the gray fly winds his sultry horn.' In other... | |
| Benjamin Davis Winslow - 1841 - 410 pages
...rhyme. * * * * * we were nurst upon the self-same bill, Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flock with... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring or shady grove, or sunny hill. Par. Lai, Book Hi. not of mercy but of contempt. He will soon fall back into his natural stati mom, We drove afield. LycUai. THOMAS WARTON. The Wartons, like the Beaumonts, were a poetical race.... | |
| Geological Society of London - 1928 - 1090 pages
...least, I speak with the assurance born of knowledge, ' For we were nurst upon the self-same hill .... Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn We drove afield, and both together— ' entered the modern temple of the Muses. Accept this Medal with the good... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...shroud. For we were nurst upon4 the self-same hill, Fed the same flock,5 by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove a-fleld,6 and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening7 our flocks... | |
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