 | Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 324 pages
...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...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 : It may tumultuous... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 pages
...like 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... | |
 | 1797 - 614 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 456 pages
...like this is a stanza of Sir Henry Wotton, of which the poetical reader will forgive the insertion : " You meaner beauties of the night, " That poorly satisfy...Julium sidus, velut inter ignes " Luna minores." Hor. Malcme. 1 My eyes are then no eyes, nor I Biron:] Here, and indeed throughout this play, the name of... | |
 | Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 208 pages
...of Bohemia." He died in 1639, in the situation of Provost of Eton, having entered into Holy Orders. You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy...of the skies! What are you when the sun shall rise ? You curious chaunters of the wood, That warble forth dame Nature's lays, You violets that first appear,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 460 pages
...like this is a stanza of Sir Henry Wotton, of which the poetical reader will forgive the insertion : "You meaner beauties of the night, " That poorly satisfy...the skies, " What are you when the sun shall rise ?" jfohnton. " — — Micat inter omnes " Julium sidus, velut inter ignes "Lunaminores." Hor. Malone.... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...derive, Honey enough to fill his hive. SIR HENRY WOTTON. SONNET. YOU meaner beauties of the night* Which poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your...common people of the skies, What are you when the sun doth rise? Ye violets lhat first appear, By your pure purple mantles known, Like the prood virgins... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...like thii is a stanza of sir Henry Wotton, of which the poetical reader will forgive the insertion : " You meaner beauties of the night, " That poorly satisfy our eyes " More by your number than your light, " Yi!u common p ople of the skies, " What are you when the sun shall list ?" JOHNSON. [7] In heraldry,... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 472 pages
...summary contained in the New Biographical Dictionary. On his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia. JL ou meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy...the skies ! What are you, when the sun shall rise ? You curious chanters of the wood, That warble forth dame Nature's lays, Thinking your voices understood... | |
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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? 
