 | William Drummond - Scotland - 1711 - 370 pages
...Wailingsto their fainting Ear, Each Stroke a Sigh, each Sound draws torth a Tear, For which be filent as in Woods before ; Or if that any Hand to touch thee daign, Likewidow'd Turtle ftill her Lofi complain. 11. SON. AH Handkercheif .' fad Prefent of my Dear,... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 232 pages
...wailings to the fainting eare, Each fioppe a tigh, each found drawes foorth a teare, B? therefore fijent as in woods before, Or if that any hand to touch thee daigne, Like widpw'dTui tie ilill her loffe complaine. Drummond, Edin. Ed. 1616. To SLEE AfARE-charmer... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...orphan waitings to the fainting ear, Each stop a sigh, each sound draws forth a tear ; Be therefore silent as in woods before. Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, Like widow'd turtle still her loss complain. SONNET TO THE NIGHTINGALE. DEAR quirister, who from those shadows... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...orphan wailings to the fainting ear, Each stop a sigh, each sound draws forth a tear ; Be therefore silent as in woods before. Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, Jliike widow'd turtle still her loss complain. SOWNET TO THE NIOHTIWGAL8. DEA n quirister, who from... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...to the fainting ear, 1 " spares." « " wast." » " didst." * " on thee their ramage did." * " Sith." Each stroke 'a sigh, each sound draws forth a tear....before. Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, Like widow'd turtle still her loss complain. SONNET. [To the Nightingak.} DEAR quirister, who from those... | |
 | Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 208 pages
...above; What art thou but a harbinger of woe ? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more, But orphans' waitings to their fainting ear, Each stroke a sigh,...before: Or, if that any hand to touch thee deign, Xike widow'd turtle, still her loss complain.! SONNETS. SWEET Spring! thou turn'st, with all thy goodly... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 238 pages
...orphan wailings to the fainting ear ; Each stop a sigh, each sound draws forth a tear, Be therefore silent as in woods before : Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, Like widow'd turtle still her loss complain. r DEUMMOND. *'• " . . » immelodious.] A word very harmonious... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...but a harbinger of woe? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more, But orphans' waitings to the fainting ear, Each stroke a sigh, each sound draws...before : Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, Like widow'd turtle still her loss complain. O ! It is not to me, bright lamp of day, That in the east thou... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...but a harbinger of woe? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more, But orphans' wailings to the fainting ear, Each stroke a sigh, each sound draws...before : Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, Like widow'd turtle still her loss complain. O ! It is not to me, bright lamp of day, That in the east thou... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...but a harbinger of woe? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more, But orphans' wailings to the fainting ear, Each stroke a sigh, each sound draws...before : Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, Like widow'd turtle still her loss complain. O ! It is not to me, bright lamp of day, That in the east thou... | |
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Voice which did thy sounds approve Which wont in such harmonious strains to flow, Is reft from Earth to tune those spheres above, What art thou but a harbinger of woe? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more, But orphans... 
