 And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright...  The Poetical Works of John Milton ... - Page 139by John Milton - 1866Full view - About this book
 | John Landseer - Painting - 1834 - 534 pages
...transported him " To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard, the nymphs...daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt." Such are Poussin's Arcadian forest scenes of the primitive ages. We almost incontinently quote Milton,... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - Art - 1835 - 470 pages
...rest which the tired pedestrian of a summer's day can only appreciate ; — even the wish of Milton " Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing;" — is unavailing — for it must be admitted that insects are altogether deficient of the legitimate... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - Art - 1835 - 472 pages
...rest which the tired pedestrian of a summer's day can only appreciate ; — even the wish of Milton " Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work dot h sing ;"— is unavailing — for it must be admitted that insects are altogether deficient of... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oake, Where the rude ax with heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt,...covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from Day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowry work doth sing,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oake, Where the rude ax with heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt,...covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from Day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowry work doth sing,... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs...covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look. Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing,... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that sylvan loves. Of pine, or monumental oak. Where the ntde axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt." A source of great additional interest has been the preparation of the drawings for... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1859 - 672 pages
...walks of twilight groves And shadows brown that Sylvan loves, Of pine or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt. They are not village folks. They are well off, and without encumbrance, and of noble... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, 135 Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs...covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, uo Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs...covert, by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from Day's garish eye, While the bee with honeyed thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing,... | |
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