He touched the tender stops of various Quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay: And now the Sun had stretched out all the hills, And now was dropt into the Western bay; At last he rose, and twitched his Mantle blue : To-morrow to fresh Woods,... Dean Ireland Scholarship - Page xiiiby University of Oxford - 1833Full view - About this book
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more: Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore, In thy large recompence, and shall be good To all that wander in that perilous...While the still morn went out with sandals gray; He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Dorick lay : And now the... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...shepherds weep no more: Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore, In thy large recompence, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood....While the still morn went out with sandals gray ; He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Dorick lay: And now the... | |
| John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...shepherds weep no more ; Henceforth thou art the genius of the shore, In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood....While the still morn went out with sandals gray ; He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay ; And now the... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...glory, move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Ljcidas, the shepherds weep no more; 180 X /+ touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling bis Doric lay ; And now the... | |
| Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...shepherds weep no more ; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood....rills. While. the still morn went out with sandals grey; He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay: And... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...recompense, and shall be good To all that wander in that perilous flood. LĀ«MonlS9.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. 357 Thus sang the uncouth swain to the oaks and rills, While the still Morn went out with sandals g^ra He touched the tender stop's of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Dorick lay. And... | |
| British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more ; Henceforth thou art the Genins of the shore, In thy large recompense, and shall be...While the still morn went out with sandals gray ; He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling-his Doric lay : And now the... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...the shore, [n thy large recompense, and shall be good To all that wander in that perilous flood. 185 Thus sang the uncouth swain to' the oaks and rills, While the still mom went out with sandals gray, tie touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought... | |
| New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...Old Castile, once highly celebrated in the Spanish history. Tadd. In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood....While the still morn went out with sandals gray ; He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay : And now the... | |
| lady Pleasance Smith - 1832 - 652 pages
...ever written, for " the force of language can no further go." "Thus sang the uncouth swain to th'okes and rills, While the still morn went out with sandals gray ; He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay." How would the... | |
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