 | Edward Jesse - Country life - 1844 - 456 pages
...following sonnet, by Milton, on the Nightingale, is peculiarly beautiful. O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray, Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still...on propitious May. Thy liquid notes that close the eve of day, First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill. Portend success in love ; O, if Jove's will... | |
 | Seasons - 1844 - 276 pages
...has a beautiful address to this success-portending songster : — O nightingale, that on yon hloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still,...fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May. Another of the most striking events of this month, is the renewal of the cuckoo's note, which is generally... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 148 pages
...NIOHTINOALE. O nightingale, that on yun bloomy spray W»rl>U'st nt eve, when nil the woods are still I Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly Hours lead on propitious May. Tiiy liquid notes, that close the eye of Day, First heard hefore the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend... | |
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 638 pages
...till it smiles ;" Milton loved it ; witness his sonnet beginning, Oh, nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still ; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart doth fill, While the jolly hours lead in propitious May. We can scarcely wonder at the popular superstition... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 806 pages
...Sir Thomas North. Plutarch, fol. 493. Sertors**. O, nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblcst at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart doth fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May. . Milton. Sonnet 1. 1. 4. That better were... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all tho woods are still, Thou with fresh hope tho lover's heart dost fill. While the jolly hours lead on propitious May, Thy liquid no'ct that close the eye of Day, First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend suecess in love.... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...Milton came after Drummond, with his sonnet to the nightingale : — " O Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still,...fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May ! " In the ' II Penseroso,' the poet, dramatically speaking, addresses the nightingale : — " Sweet... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - Natural history - 1850 - 630 pages
...Nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well." MILTON. " 0 Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still,...the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love. Oh, if Jove's will Have link'd that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the rude bird... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - Classical languages - 1850 - 364 pages
...misella, gemma amata, Rosa maligna luce nata. To the Nightingale, О Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still,...propitious May. Thy liquid notes, that close the eye of clay, First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love ; oh, if Jove's will Have... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...NIGHTINGALE. 0 NIGHTINGALE, that on yon bloomy spray — *Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; •& Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill,...May. " Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, ^ c First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, " Portend success in love. O, if Jove's will *" Have... | |
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O NIGHTINGALE that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May. 
