 | Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 324 pàgines
...stars in a dim senate rule the night, But vanish at the sun's more potent light*. * At itars, &C. " You meaner beauties of the night, " That poorly satisfy...common people of the skies, " What are you when the sun shall rise ?" Athens now feels the fury of my heat ; A pow'r like their's, divided, can't be great... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 pàgines
...this is a stanza of Sir Henry Wotton, of which the poetical reader will forgive the insertion : You meaner beauties of the nigh't, That poorly satisfy...your light : You common people of the skies, What are ye when the sun shall rise ? JOHNSON. <j<jo. Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the... | |
 | George Ellis - 1790 - 346 pàgines
...proud virgins of the year, As if the Spring were all your own, What are you when the rofe is blown ? Ye curious chanters of the wood, That warble forth dame nature's lays, Thinking your paffions underftood By your weak accents, what's your praife When Philomel her voice doth raife ? So,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1793 - 388 pàgines
...QUEEN OF BOHEMIA. BY SIR HfiNRY WOTTON, KT.* i ou meaner beauties of the night, That poorly fatisfie our eyes, More by your number, than your light, You common people of the fkies, What are you when the Sun fhall rife ? You curious chanters of the wood, 6 That warble forth... | |
 | 1793 - 376 pàgines
...QUEEN OF BOHEMIA. BY SIR HENRY WOTTON, KT.* You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly fatisfie our eyes, More by your number, than your light, You common people of the fkies, What are you when the Sun mall rife ? You curious chanters of the wood, 6 That warble forth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 582 pàgines
...poetical reader will forgive the infertion : " You meaner beauties of the night, " That poorly fatisfy our eyes " More by your number than your light , " You common people oj the Jkies, " What are you when the fun Jball rife?" JOHNSON, " — — Micat inter omnes " Julium... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1794 - 426 pàgines
...carrett ions from an old MS. cofy. YOU meaner beauties of the night, That poorly fatisfie our eies More by your number, than your light ; You common people of the ikies, What are you when the Moon fhall rife ? 5 Ye Ye violets that firft appeare, By your pure purple... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1796 - 640 pàgines
...Miftrefs, the Queen of . "Bohemia:" " You meaner teautiet of the trigtt, " That poorly fatisfy our ejes " More by your number than your light, " You common people of the flues, " What are you when the fun (hall rife " You curious chanters of the wood, " That warble forth... | |
 | 1797 - 614 pàgines
...iy Sir Henry Wst ton " on his Mistress*, the Quccn of Bohemia." " You meaner beantiss of the night t That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number...common people of the skies, — What are you when the sua shall rise ? " You curious chanters of the wood, That warble forth Dame Nature's lays, Thinking... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pàgines
...the summary contained in the Biographical Dictionary. SONNET. You meaner beau'ies of the night, Which poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your...light, You common people of the skies, What are you, wheu the sun doth rise ? Ye violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known, Like the... | |
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You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light ; You common people of the skies ; What are you when the moon shall rise? 
