Since that dear 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... Retrospective Review - Page 364edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
| 1842 - 330 pages
...widow'd turtle still her loss complain. For this lugubrious coloring, he accounts, by the absence of " that dear voice," which did thy sounds approve, Which...flow, Is reft from earth to tune those spheres above. Milton is the last great name we shall presume to invoke on the present occasion. In a future paper... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...(1. 6—9) E1L; GTBS; GTBS-P; NOBE; OBEY; OBS; OxBSP My lute, be as thou wast when thou didst grow f a conquered woe; Give not a windy night a rainy morrow. To linger out a purposed (1. 1-4) E1L; GTBS-P. GTBS; OBS; Son Saint John Baptist 5 The last and greatest Herald of Heaven's... | |
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