| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 348 pages
...crew; Tfhe female fays fliall haunt the green, And drcfs thy grave with pearly dew ; The red-breaft oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary mofs, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid. ' ••• Wh«n When howling... | |
| William Collins - English poetry - 1781 - 200 pages
...nightly crew ; The female fays fhall haunt the green, And drcfs thy grave with pearly dew; The red-breaft oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary mofs, and gather'd flowers,. To deck the ground where thou art laid. When howling winds, and beating... | |
| Ballads, English - 1783 - 360 pages
...crew ; The female Fays fhall haunt the green. And drefs thy grave with pearly dew ! The The rcd-brcaft oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary mofs, and gather'd flowers. To deck the ground where thou art laid. When howling winds, and beating... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...their nightly crew : The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew. 4The red-breast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gathered Jlowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid. When When howling winds, and beating raint In tempests... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 270 pages
...crew ; The female fays fhall haunt the green, And drefs thy grave with pearly dew ; The red-breaft oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary mofs, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid. When When howfing winds, and Dealing... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1789 - 718 pages
...crew: The female fays Jhall haunt the green, And drejs thy grave with pearly dew. IV. The red-breajl oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary mojs, and gatbefd flowers, TO deck the ground where tbou, art laid, V. When howling winds, and beating... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 972 pages
...tragedy of Julius Cerfar. t Ciriolanui. See -ITr. 'fence's dialogue on tbe Otly/e): The red-breaft oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid. With hoary mofs, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where tbou art laid. When howling winds, and beating... | |
| Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...Superstitions of the Highland it * The beautiful and tender imagery in a stanza of this little dirgi The Red-breast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend...gathered flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid. has been so much a favorite with the poets that I am tempted to throw a few of their elegant descriptions... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...Dirge in Cymbeline:" " The female fays shall haunt the green, " And dress thy grave with pearly dew ; " The redbreast oft, at evening hours, " Shall kindly lend his little aid, " With hoary moss and gather'd ftow'rs, " To deck the ground where thou art laid." No farther seek his merits to disclose,... | |
| William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 206 pages
...lead their nightly crew ; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew ; The red-breast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid. When howling winds, and beating rain, In... | |
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