 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...Presbyter is but Old Priest writ large. 20 SONNETS. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. O NIGHTINGALE ! that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still...bill, Portend success in love. O ! if Jove's will Have linked that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the rude bird of hate Fortell my hopeless... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...interpose them oft, is not unwise. J. MILTON 114 TO THE NIGHTINGALE O NIGHTINGALE, that on yon bloomy spray warblest at eve, when all the woods are still ; thou with fresh hopes the lover's heart dost fill, while the jolly Hours lead on propitious May. Thy liquid notes that... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Outdoor life - 1865 - 120 pages
...Bill and mittens, lie ye there ! John Clare. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. O NIGHTINGALE, tlmt on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still,...bill, Portend success in love. O if Jove's will Have linked that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the rude bird of hate Foretell my hopeless... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Outdoor life - 1865 - 116 pages
...mittens, lie ye there ! John Clare. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. O NIGHTINGALE, that on yon bloomy spray Warble st at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh...bill, Portend success in love. O if Jove's will Have linked that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the rude bird of hate Foretell my hopeless... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...nnd prejudices. Sm ECKRTOX BRVDOES. SONNETS. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. 0 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 day, 6 First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love. O, if Jove's will Have link'd... | |
 | Norman Ault - English poetry - 1928 - 544 pages
...Trayedies, 1632. (Poem written 1630. Text from Poems, 1645. ) Sonnet O NIGHTINGALE ! that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still,...May : Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, P'irst heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend suecess in love : oh, if Jove's will Have linked... | |
 | Norman Ault - English poetry - 1928 - 544 pages
...Tragedies, 1632. (Poem written 1630. Text from Poems, 1645.) Sonnet 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 e^e of day, First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love : oh, if Jove's will... | |
 | John Webster - 1928 - 362 pages
...sailor. 57-8. Cuckoes. . .before. ..the Nightingale: Dyce quotes Milton's "Sonnet to the Nightingale": Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, First...the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love. Conversely it was an ill-omen to hear the cuckoo first. 59-60. Taylor. . Jeering eye. Cf. Dante, Inferno,... | |
 | John Milton - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 412 pages
...on yon bloomy Spray Warbl'st at eeve, when all the Woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the Lovers heart dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious...close the eye of Day, First heard before the shallow Cuccoo's bill, Portend success in love; O if Jove's will Have linkt that amorous power to thy soft... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...with thee will choose to live. SONNET TO THE NIGHTINGALE (1632-33) O NIGHTINGALE that on yon blooming spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hopes the Lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly Hours lead on propitious May. Thy liquid notes that... | |
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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. 
