 SWEET bird, that sing'st away the early hours Of winters past, or coming, void of care, Well pleased with delights which present are; Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet-smelling flowers, To rocks, to springs, to rills, from leafy bowers, Thou thy Creator's...  Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical - Pàgina 270per Nathan Drake - 1828Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pàgines
...myself by transcribing it. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. Sweet bird, that sing'st away the early hours Of winter, past or coming, void of care, Well pleased with delights...are, Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet-smelling flower.: To rocks to springs, to rills, from leafy bowers Thou thy Creator's goodness dost declare,... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 474 pàgines
...Virtue ! seasons go and come, When 6 thine, forgot, lie closed in a tomb. SONNET. [To the Nightingale.] SWEET bird, that sing'st away the early hours, Of...Well pleased with delights which present are; Fair seasons,budding sprays, sweet-smelling flowers! To rocks, to springs, to rills, from leavy bowers,... | |
 | 1817 - 494 pàgines
...obstinate contest for victory, till the vanquished bird drops lifeless on the ground1. To the NIGHTINGALE. Sweet bird, that sing'st away the early hours, Of...are; Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet-smelling flowers ! To rocks, to springs, to rills, from leafy bowers 1 For many interesting particulars of the... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 440 pàgines
...And there at that immortal Sun's bright rays, Deek thee with flow'rs, whieh fear not rage of days. SWEET bird, that sing'st away the early hours Of winters past, or eoming, void of eare, Well pleased with delights whieh present are, Fair seasons, buddingsprays, sweet-smelling... | |
 | 1822 - 468 pàgines
...us, and wile away the slow December hours, with his wit, and "quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles," Of winters, past or coming, void of care, Well pleased with delights which present are ; or by the inspiring voice of his songs of summer and of spring, lift us from the thorn-stool of restlessness... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 406 pàgines
...[tear ; Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, Like widow'd turtle still her loss complain. DRUMMOND. SWEET bird, that sing'st away the early hours, Of...delights which present are, Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet smelling flowers ; To rocks, to springs, to rills, from leavy bowers Thou thy Creator's goodness... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 470 pàgines
...[tear ; Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, tike widow'd turtle still her loss complain. DRUMMOND. SWEET bird, that sing'st away the early hours, Of...delights which present are, Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet smelling flowers ; To rocks, to springs, to rills, from leavy bowers Thou thy Creator's goodness... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pàgines
...[tear ; Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, tike widow'd turtle still her loss complain. DRUMMOND. SWEET bird, that sing'st away the early hours, Of...delights which present are, Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet smelling flowers ; To rocks, to springs, to rills, from leavy bowers Thou thy Creator's goodness... | |
 | 1828 - 746 pàgines
...sonnets are equally beautiful with the one just quoted. I hope that few of my readers have met with this “Sweet bird, that sing'st away the early hours,...are,— Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet-smelling flowers; To rocks, to springs, to rills, from leavy bowers Thou thy Creator's goodness dost declare,... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 pàgines
...stream. OLD ENGLISH POETRY. No. V. SONNET. To the Nightingale. By WILLIAM DKUMMOND OF HAWTHOHNUKX. SWEET bird, that sing'st away the early hours— Of...are ; Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet-smelling flower*! To rocks, to springs, to rills, from leafy bowers Thou thy Creator's goodness dost declare,... | |
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