 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Melibceus old I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with...Severn stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; 8i6 Whilome she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the scepter from his father Brute. She guiltless... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Melibceus old I learn'd, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with...Severn stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father Brute. She, guiltless... | |
 | George William Manby - Clifton (England) - 1802 - 362 pages
...'twas the celebrated SABRINA, of whom the fabulated story is thus penned by the immortal MILTON : " There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, " That with moist curb sways the smooth Severne stream. '• SABRINA is her name, a virgin pure; " Whilome she was the daughter of Locrine,... | |
 | J. T. Barber - Gwent (Wales) - 1803 - 436 pages
...Severn swift, gnilty of maiden blood;" but in the Mask of Comus he enters fully into her sad story : " There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, " That-...Whilome she was the daughter of Locrine, " That had the scepter from his father Brute. " She, guiltless damsel, flying the mad pursuit "• Of her enraged... | |
 | John Milton - 1808 - 96 pages
...as he styles Which once of Melibceiis old I learnt, Thesoothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream, 325 Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrin«, That had the scepter... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of MelilxEusoid I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with...Severn stream , Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure; Whilom she wastlie daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father brute. Stic, guiltless... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Mclibceus old I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smoothSevern stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Melibteus old I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smoothSevern stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1812 - 1070 pages
...Milton, has made a fine use of this affecting story.* " The Severn swift, guilty of maiden's death.— Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure : Whilome she was...damsel, flying the mad pursuit Of her enraged stepdame Guendolen, Commended her fair innocence to the flood, That stayed her flight with his cross-flowing... | |
 | Robert Deverell - Hieroglyphics - 1813 - 354 pages
...that it yields abundance of oil with some salt, that it is penetrating, detersive, promotes per196 That had the sceptre from his father Brute. She, guiltless damsel, flying the mad pursuit spiration, strengthens the gums, and resists the malignity of humours ; and in speaking of its uses... | |
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There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream : Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father Brute. She, guiltless damsel, flying the... 
