| Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist - English drama - 1825 - 422 pages
...Milton seems to have had this passage in his mind when he wrote the following lines in his L' Allegro: " To hear the lark begin his flight, " And singing startle the dull night ; " From his watch tow'r in the skies, " Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; And a late elegant writer, Mr. F. Coventry,... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English drama - 1825 - 426 pages
...Milton seems to have had this passage in his mind when he wrote the following lines in his L'Allegro: " To hear the lark begin his flight, " And singing startle the dull night; " From his watch tow'r in the skies, " Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; And a late elegant writer, Mr. F. Coventry,... | |
| English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin...to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid goo"d-morro\v, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...• Shepherd. » Naogeorgue, by Gooae. Lines from I' Allegro To hear the lark begin his flight, Aud singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower...sorrow. And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din. Scatters the... | |
| Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign. 8. Admit me, Mirth, to live with thee In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin...From his watch-tower in the skies Till the dappled dawn-doth-rise j Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And, at my window, bid good morrow Through the sweetbriar... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...the lark begin his flight, And einging, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the ikies. Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in...sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin...flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tow'r in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1826 - 320 pages
...Example 1. He thus descrihes the scer.es of morning in the Allegro. " To hear the lark hegin his Right, And singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doih riae : While the eoek, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack,... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...begin his flight, \nd singing startle the dull Night, 'mm liis watch-tower in the skies, "HI" -hriie; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear... | |
| James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 pages
...cups contain; Who, of soft shades the fine variety, From white to deepest flush of vermeil stain? * To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at... | |
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