And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill; Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-field,... Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ... - Page 130by John Milton - 1810Full view - About this book
| Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind Without the meed of some melodious tear. For we were nurs'd upon the self-same hill, Fed the...shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove afield ; and both together heard What time... | |
| Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind Without the meed of some melodious tear. For we were nurs'd upon the self-same hill, Fed the...shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appear' d Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove afield ; and both together heard What time... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...gentle Mu.se With lucky words favour my destin'd urn ; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and nil. Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-ficld,... | |
| 1847 - 1230 pages
...full of feeling as those in which Milton speaks of his intimacy with his friend : " For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same. flock by fountain,...shade and rill : Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-tield, and both together heard What time... | |
| 1847 - 488 pages
...as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurst upon the self same hill. Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time... | |
| English literature - 1847 - 482 pages
...as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurst upon the self same hill, Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time... | |
| Marmion Wilme Savage - English fiction - 1848 - 238 pages
...bachelor, without being also the diplomatic agent of a maneuvering widow. CHAPTER XXII. For we were nursed upon the self'same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain,...shade, and rill, Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the op'ning eyelids of the mom, We drove a-field, and both together heard, What time... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1849 - 290 pages
...of the allusions. 202 ON MILTON'S LYCIDAS. [APPENDIX, i. " Together both, ere the high lawn appear'd Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove a-field...her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft still the star that rose at evening bright Towards Heaven's descent had sloped his... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...destin'd urn; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nure'd from the princely cedars, to me, the yssop. dews of night, Oft till the star, that rose, at evening, bright, Toward heaven's descent had slop'd... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1851 - 282 pages
...nurst upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill : Together both, e'er the high lawns appearM Under the opening eyelids of...drove a-field, and both together heard What time the grey-fly winds her sultry horn. Batt'ning our flocks with the fresh dews of night Oft till the star,... | |
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