 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
 | David Masson - Literary Criticism - 1873 - 532 pages
...moisture, rare delight ! Her hand seemed milk in milk, it was so white." SONNET. " My lute, be as thou wast when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some...When immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds on thee their ramage did bestow. E Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, Which used in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1875 - 316 pages
...bliss, But bless me now, and take me soon from this. " II. " My lute, be as thou wert when thou did grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When...harmonious strains to flow, Is reft from earth to tune the spheres above, What art thou but a harbinger of woe? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...horror, troubles, slights: Woods' harmless shades have only true delights. My lute, be as thou wort when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some...immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds their romage did on thee bestow. Sinee that dear voiee whieh did thy sounds approve. Whieh wont in sueh harmonious... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...the pleasant place, And nothing wanting is, save she, alas ! TO HIS LUTE. Mr lute, be as thou wcrt the spheres above, What art thou but a harbinger of woe ? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...go and tell from Gades unto Inde You saw where Earth's perfections were confined. Те Ли LHÍC. l by my song, and taught his praise. l did on thee bestow. Since that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, Which wont in such harmonious... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...gold ! The world is full of horror, troubles, slights: Woods' harmless shades have only true delights. My lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When immclodious winds but made thee move, And birds their romage did on thee bestow. Since that dear voice... | |
 | David M. Main - Sonnets, English - 1880 - 490 pages
...and these flowers be seen. cxxn RUMLMONi> l\/r ^ ^Ute> be as t^lou wast W^en thou didst grow , s~6 With thy green mother in some shady grove, When immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds on thee their ramage did bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, Which used in such... | |
 | David M. Main - 1880 - 506 pages
...with myrtles and these flowers be seen. cxxn 1\/TY lute, be as thou wast when thou didst grow 158^649 With thy green mother in some shady grove, When immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds on thee their ramage did bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, Which used in such... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...These delights if thon canst give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. Jous MILTOS. SONNET то HJS LUTE. T H? 40? 4 ? 4 the sphere« above, What art thou but a harbinger of woe ? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no... | |
 | David Masson - Great Britain - 1881 - 874 pages
...language after tho very best. This, to his Lute, may pass as a specimen : — " My lute, be as thou wast when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some...When immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds on thee their ramage did bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, Which used in such... | |
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