 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...  The Retrospective Review - Page 3641824Full view - About this book
 | David M. Main (ed) - 1881 - 496 pages
...seen. 1585—1649 C.XXII DXI1MMOND 1VT ^ lu te ' ^ e as t h ou Wast w h en tl1ou didst grow 8 — 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... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1881 - 426 pages
...flame, Since I her loved ere on thu earth sho came t II. My lute ! be ne thou wert when thou did'et grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When immelodious winds but made tliee move. And bird» their ramage did on thee bestow. Since that dear voice which did thy sounds... | |
 | David Masson - English literature - 1881 - 878 pages
...language after the 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 shady grove, When iramelodious winds but made theo move, And birds on thee their ramage did bestow. Sith that dear voice... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 pages
...with Drayton, and with Ben Jonson, who paid him a long visit at Hawthornden. SONNET. My Inte, be aa thou wert when thou didst grow With thy green mother ' in some shady grove, When unmelodious winds but 2 made thee move, And birds their ramage3 did on thee bestow: Since that dear... | |
 | English poetry - 1890 - 302 pages
...elder day. When it was yet a tree. Compare with this and the preceding — ' My lute, be as thou wast when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When unmelodious winds but made thee move, And birds on thee their ramage* did bestow.' * Wild song. [Sonnet... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 464 pages
...a flame, Since I her loved ere on this earth ahe came f My luts I be as thon wert when thou did'at grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When...on thee bestow. Since that dear voice which did thy aonnde approve, Which wont in such harmonious strains to flow, Is reft from earth to tune those spheres... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 412 pages
...it erst was naught, it turns to naught. SONNET. TO HIS LUTE. MY lute, be as thou wert when thou did grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When...thee move, And birds their ramage did on thee bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, 5 Which wont in such harmonious strains to flow,... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 424 pages
...it erst was naught, it turns to naught. SONNET. TO HIS LUTE. MY lute, be as thou wert when thou did grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When...thee move, And birds their ramage did on thee bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, 5 Which wont in such harmonious strains to flow,... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 412 pages
...it erst was naught, it turns to naught. SONNET. TO HIS LUTE. MY lute, be as thou wert when thou did grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When...thee move, And birds their ramage did on thee bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, S Which wont in such harmonious strains to flow,... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1895 - 434 pages
...thine forgot lie closed in a tomb. Drummond of Hawthorndm. CCLXIII TO HIS LUTE 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 l did bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, Which wont in... | |
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