 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...Ver. 9. Dodsley, in some editions of his Coll. of Poems, has; While air, etc. Ver. 10. Dodsley reads ; Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn,...pilgrim borne in heedless hum : Now teach me, maid compos'd, 15 To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...wove, O'erhang his wavy b«l:Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat, With short shrill shrieks flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds...twilight path, Against the pilgrim borne in heedless horn : Now teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, : Whose numbers, stealing through... | |
 | William Collins - 1828 - 104 pages
...• t might we but hear — Or jour.d of paitoral reed with oaten itopt.— Milton'i Comus, r. 340. With brede ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed :...rises 'midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim born in heedless hum : Now teach me, Maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers... | |
 | William Collins - Poems - 1828 - 108 pages
...but hear— Or s-.ii ml of pastoral reed with oaten stops.— Milton's Com" n, v. 340. With brecle ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd,...rises 'midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim born in heedless hum : Now teach me, Maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brcde ethereal wove, O'orhang his wavy bed : Now air is hushed, , aud marr softened strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy darkening vale, May not. unseemly with its stillness... | |
 | William Collins - 1830 - 240 pages
...brawling springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; t O nymph reserved, while now the bright-hair'd sur, Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With...where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, VARIATIONS. Ver. 2. May hope, O pensive Eve, to soothe thine ear. 3. Like thy own solemn springs, 9.... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - France - 1830 - 556 pages
...following passage : " Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short, shrill shriek flits on a leathern wing ; Or where the beetle winds His small,...hum. Now, teach me, maid composed, To breathe some soften'd strain ; Whose numbers stealing thro' thy dark'ning vale, May not unseemly with its stillness... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - France - 1830 - 554 pages
...save where the weak-eyed bat With short, shrill shriek flits on a leathern wing ; Or where the l>eetle winds His small, but sullen horn : As oft he rises...hum. Now, teach me, maid composed, To breathe some soften'd strain ; Whose numbers stealing thro' thy dark'ning vale, May not unseemly with its stillness... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat, With short shrill shriek flits by on leather whig, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn,...hum : Now teach me, maid composed, To breathe some softened strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy dark'ning vale, May not unseemly with its stillness... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 pages
...his wavy bed : Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-ey'd bat, With short shrill shriek flits on by leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small...pilgrim borne in heedless hum : Now teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May... | |
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O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless... 
