 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...drove a-field, and both together heard What time the grey-fly winds her sultry horn, Batt'ning our flocks with the fresh dews of night Oft till the star that rose at evening bright, 30 Tow'ards Heav'n's descent had slop'd his west'ring wheel. Mean while the rural ditties were not... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...drove a-field, and both together heard What time the grey-fly winds her sultry horrt, Batt'ning our flocks with the fresh dews of night Oft till the star that rose at evening bright, [wheel. Tow'ards Heav'n's descent had slop'd his west'ring Meanwhile the rural ditties were not mute,... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star, that rose, at evening, bright, Toward heaven's descent had slop'd his westering wheel. Mean while the rural ditties were not mute,... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 554 pages
...Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd What time the gray- fly winds her sultry horn, Batt'ning our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose, at evening, bright, Toward Heaven's descent had slop'd his west' ring wheel. Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...We drove afield, and both together heard What time the grey-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose, at evening, bright, Toward Heaven's descent had sloped his west'ring Mean while the rural ditties were not mute, [wheel.... | |
 | John Milton - 1815 - 236 pages
...We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray.fly winds her snltry horn, Batt'ning onr flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose, at evening, bright, 30 Tow'ard Heav'n's descent had slop'd his west'ring wheel. Meanwhile the rnral ditties were not mnte,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...a-field, and both together heard What time the grey-fly winds her sultry horn, ' Batt'ning our~fiocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose at evening bright Tow'rd heaven's descent had slop d his west'ring wheel. Meanwhile the rural ditties were not mute,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...drove afield, and both together heard ? ' What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star, that rose, at evening, bright, Tow'rd heaven's descent had slop'd his'westering Meanwhile the rural ditties were not mute, [wheel.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...We drove alield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our now to betray. It grieves me when I see what fate Does on the best of mankind wait. P SO Toward Heaven's descent had slop'd his westering wheel. Cf Meanwhile the rural ditties were not... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...We drove afield, and both together heard What time the grey-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft, till the star, that rose, at evening, bright, Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel. Meanwhile the rural ditties were not mute,... | |
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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 a-field, and both together heard What time... 
