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" To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise... "
Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ... - Page 140
by John Milton - 1810
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with theey In unreproved pleasures free : To hear the lark begin...his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From hfe watch-tow'r in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And...
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Observations on early rising and on early prayer

Henry Erskine Head - Conduct of life - 1828 - 202 pages
...without the sting, without the host of evils which infallibly follow in the train of vice: and that " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night From his watch tower in the skies, Ere the dappled dawn doth rise," is not only first on the list of " unreproved...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...And, if I^give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, - . In unreproved pleasures free : To hear the lark begin...the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to eome in spite of sorrow And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweetbriar or the vine, Or the...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 21

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 842 pages
...remove or starlte him. Clarendon. Such whispering waked her, but with startled eye On Adam. Jfi/fon. To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise. Id. Stand to it boldly, and takĀ« quarter, To let thee see I am uo starter. HuMina. lire the night...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free : To hear the lark begin...to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet briar, or the vine, Or tie twisted eglantine : While the cock, with...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...Shtphert. t Naogtorguf, by Googe. Lines from I 'Allegro To hew the lark begin his flight, And tinging, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the...sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the...
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Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of ..., Volume 149

James Bolton - 1830 - 382 pages
...the regularity of his life and the innocency of his own mind. He describes himself in a situation " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." How exquisitely charming too is the picture drawn by Shakspeare's magic hand! " Hark ! hark ! the lark...
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Health without physic: or, cordials for youth, manhood and old age ... By an ...

Health - 1830 - 336 pages
...Miscellanies, by Anna Williams. cency of his own mind : thus he describes himself as in a situation To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tow'r in the skies, 'Till the dappled dawn doth rise. The morning, in fine, independent of its...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin...Then to come in spite of sorrow. And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine Or the twisted eglantine; While the cock with lively...
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Gleanings in Natural History: With Local Recollections : to which ..., Volume 2

Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 566 pages
...' To hear the lark begin his flight, ' And singing, startle the dull night ' From his watch-tow' r in the skies, ' Till the dappled dawn doth rise ;...spite of sorrow, ' And at my window bid good morrow.' MILTON'S L' Allegro. ' By Nature led, ' A thousand shifts she tries.' SOMERVILLE. ANIMALS which prowl...
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