 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak ; 55 - f 60 I cannot agree with Doctor Newton about this representation of Contemplation.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest ure. Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm, that accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hiss'd along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke -Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy !... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song. In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Thee chauntress oft the woods among I... | |
 | Thomas Bewick - Birds - 1826 - 446 pages
...description : — And the mute silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustomed oak : Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...Silence liist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing die it G` g 鮑s \?ת & C ` {Oy j e!8 @D8 -H * C7 f `Zc\ < ځ the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy !... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In his sweetest, saddest plight Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Sweet bird, that shuun'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft... | |
 | James Bolton - 1830 - 382 pages
...Pennant, does it serve to compose part of the solemn scenery of his Penseroso ! " In her saddest, sweetest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night ; While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy !... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, ss 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak ; 60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee,... | |
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But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged... 
