 For when thy folding-star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant Hours, and Elves Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge, And sheds the freshening dew, and, lovelier still, The pensive pleasures...  The Poetical Works of William Collins - Page 51by William Collins - 1853 - 150 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...slept in bnds the day, And many a Nymph who wreaths her brows with sedge, And sheds with fresh'ning dew, and, lovelier still, The pensive Pleasures sweet,...car. Then let me rove some wild and heathy scene ; Or f nd some ruin, 'midst, its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or, if... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1810 - 308 pages
...fragrant hours, and elves Who slept in buds the day, And many a nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge, And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still,...scene, Or find some ruin 'midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or if chill blustering winds, or driving rain,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...fragrant hours, and elves Who slept in buds the day, And many a nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge, And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still,...pensive pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car." In another we behold his strong bias to melancholy : " Then let me rove some wild and heathy scene,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...hours, and elves Who slept in huds the day, And many a nymph who wreathes her hrows wit^ sedge, 'nf l sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still. The pensive pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car." In another we hehold his strong hias to melancholy : " Then let me rove some wild and heathy scene,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...and elvesWlio slept in buds the day, And mapy a nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge, And 'ho'ls the freshening dew, and lovelier still. The pensive pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.71 In another we behold bis strong bias to melancholy : " Then let me rove some wild and heathy... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...his warning lamp, The fragrant hours, and elves Aud many a nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge, And sheds the freshening dew; and lovelier still,...pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car. Then let me rore some wild and heathy scene, Or find some ruin 'midst its dreary delis, Whose walls more awful... | |
 | William Collins - 1815 - 118 pages
...her hrowa with sedge, And sheds the fresh'ning dew, and, lovelier still, The peusive Pleasures swett, Prepare thy shadowy car. Then let me rove some wild and heathy scene ; Or find some rain, 'midst its dreary dells, Whose walls mure awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or, if chill hlust'ring... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...fragrant hours, and elves Who slept in buds the day, And many a nymph who wreathes her brows with srdge» And sheds the freshening dew; and, lovelier still,...scene, Or find some ruin 'midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or if chill blustering winds, or driving rain,... | |
 | England - 1846 - 798 pages
...it in "The Speaker." The lines are in the Ode to " Evening." In the "Elegant Extracts" we have — " Then let me rove some wild and heathy scene, Or find some ruin 'midst its dreary dells, , Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. ' These lines are substituted for the better... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...fragrant Hours, and elves Who slept in buds the day, " And many a nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge, And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still, The pensive Pleasures sweet, Prepare thy shadowy ear. Then let me rove some wild and heathy scene, Or find some ruin 'midst its dreary dells, Whose... | |
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