 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 eyelids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry...  The Works of the English Poets: Milton - Page 160by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Ritson - English poetry - 1793 - 388 pages
...hill, Fed the fame flock, by fountain, fhade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd 25 Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove a-field,...heard What time the gray-fly winds her fultry horn, Batt'ning our flocks with thofe frefh dews of night, Oft till the ftar that rofe at ev'ning bright,... | |
 | 1793 - 376 pages
...hill, Fed the fame flock, by fountain, made, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd 25 Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove a-field,...heard What time the gray-fly winds her fultry horn, Batt'ning our flocks with thofe frefh dews of night, Oft till the ftar that rofe at ev'ning bright,... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 272 pages
...felf-fame hiH, Fed the fame ftock by fountain, fhade, and rilL Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together .heard, What time the gray-fty winds her fultry horn, Batt'ning our ftocks with the frefh dews of night, Oft till the ftar... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...We drove a-ficld, and both together heard What time the grey-fly winds her ftiltry horn, Batt'nicg our flocks with the frefh dews of night Oft till the ftar that rofe at evening bright, Tow'rds Hcav'n's dclccnt had flopt his weft'rinjf wheel. Meanwhile the rural ditties were not mute,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...hill, Fed the fame flock by fountain, (hade, and rill. Together both, «re the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time ti:t gray-fly winds herfultry horn, Batt'ningO'T flocks with the ficlh dews of night, Oft till the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 444 pages
...any trite rural topics occur, how are they heightened ! " Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield,...heard What time the gray-fly winds her fultry horn, Batt'ning our flocks with the frefh dews of night. " Here the day-break is defcribed by the faint appearance... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 pages
...any trite rural topics occur, how are they heightened ! " Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield,...heard What time the gray-fly winds her fultry horn, Batt'ning our flocks with the frefh dews of night. ** Here the day-break is defcribed by the faint... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...the fame flock by fountain, fhade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd 35 Under llie opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and...winds her fultry horn, Battening our flocks with the frcfli dews of night Oft till the ftar thit rofe, at evening, bright, 30 Tow'ard Heav'n's defcent had... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...tendernefs can \>e excited by thefe lines f We drove a field, and both together heard What time the grey fly winds her fultry horn, Battening our flocks with the frefh dews of night. We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...any trite rural topics occur, how are they heightened ! " Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray fly winds her fultry horn, Batt'ning our flocks with the frefh dews of night, " Here the day-break... | |
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