 | John Dryden - 1713 - 620 pages
...Delight, Enchanting Mufick, and a charming Sight. On ^Philomel I fix'd my whole Defire ; And liften'd for the Queen of all the Quire ; Fain would I hear her heav'nly Voice to fmg ; And wanted yet an Omen to the Spring,; Attending long in vain ; I took the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 526 pages
...delight, Enchanting mufic, and a charming fight. On Philomel I fix'd my whole defire ; And liften'd for the queen of all the quire ; Fain would I hear her heavenly voice to fing jAnd wanted yet an omen to the fpring. Attending long in vain, I took the way, Which through a... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 392 pages
...delight, Enchanting mufic, and a charming fight. On Philomel I fix'd my whole defire; And liften'd for the queen of all the quire; Fain would I hear her heavenly voice to fmg ; And wanted yet an omen to the fpring. Attending long in vain, I took the way, Which through a... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 396 pages
...all the quire; Fain would I hear her heavenly voice to f:ng; And wanted yet an omen to the fpring. Attending long in vain, I took the way, Which through a path, but fcarcely printed, lay; Jn narrow mazes oft it feem'd to meet, And look'd, as lightly prefs'd by fairy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 360 pages
...quire ; Fa^n would I hear her heavenly voice to fing; And wanted yet an omen. to the fpring. Attending Attending long in vain, I took the way, Which through a path but fcarcely printed lay ; In narrow mazes oft it feem'd to meet, And look'd as lightly prefs'd by fairy... | |
 | John Dryden - 1771 - 252 pages
...delight, Enchanting mufie, and a charming fight. On Philomel I fix'd my whole deflre ; And liflen'd for the queen of all the quire ; Fain would I hear her hcav'uly voice to fing; And wanted yet an omen to the fpring. Attending long in vain ; I took the way,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 352 pages
...delight, Enchanting mufic, and a charming fight. On Philomel I fix'd my whole defire; And liften'd for the queen of all the quire; Fain would I hear her heavenly voice to fing; And wanted yet an omen to the fpring. Attending Attending long in vain, I took the way, Which... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 806 pages
...all the quire ; I mi would I hear her heavenly voice to fing ; And wanted yet an omen to the fpriug. Attending long in vain, I took the way, Which through a path but fcarcely printed lay ; In narrow mazes oft it feem'd to meet, And took'd as lightly prefs'd by fairy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 pages
...delight, Enchanting muilc, and a charming fight. On Philomel I fix'd my whole de-fire ; And liften'd for the queen of all the quire ; Fain would I hear her hcav'nly voice to fing; Ant1 '.ranted yet an omen to the fpring. Attending long in vain ; I took the... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1802 - 380 pages
...Her bright ideal offspring calls. So by fome fage inchanter's fpell, (As old Arabian fablers tell) Attending long in vain I took the way, Which through a path but fcarcely printed lay, In narrow mazes oft it feem'd to meet, And look'd as ligbtly prefid by fairy... | |
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And listen'd for the queen of all the quire ; Fain would I hear her heavenly voice to sing, And wanted yet an omen to the spring. " Attending long in vain, I took the way, Which through a path, but scarcely printed, lay ; In narrow mazes oft it seem'd... 
