 Every thing did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone : She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity :  The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 134by William Shakespeare - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Children's literature, English - 1868 - 510 pages
...May.- Shakspean. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in the pleasant shade, Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring : Everything did banish moan. — Shakspeare. The jolly hours led on propitious May.Milton. " She came... | |
 | E. Wadham - English language - 1869 - 176 pages
...much used : — As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring : Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone : She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...Barnfleld: ? 1570-P As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade, Which a grove of myrtles made ; Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring ; Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...author.] AS it fell upon a day, **• In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made; Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring ; Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - Birds - 1871 - 354 pages
...the mournful notes of the nightingale are caused by the bird's leaning against a thorn to sing ! " Every thing did banish moan, Save the nightingale...Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity. ' Fie, fie, fie,' now would she cry, ' Tereu, tereu... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...NIGHTINGALE. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Whii-li i kpB 2XB 2 @B 2 ; Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...English glee. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade, Which a grove of myrtles made ; Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring ; Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - Birds - 1871 - 840 pages
...! " Every thing did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone. * "Ovid. Metamorph." Book vi. Fab. 6. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity. ' Fie, fie, fie,' now would she cry, ' Tereu, tereu... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...BAENFIELD: 1570. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade, Which a grove of myrtles made ; Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring ; Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, And there... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 588 pages
...myrtles made, t Beasts did leap, and birds did sing. Trees did grow, and plants did spring ; Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone : She,...Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity : , " Fie, fie, fie," now would she cry, " Tereu,... | |
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