 | John Docwra Parry - Woburn (England) - 1831 - 366 pages
...singing startle the dull night; From his watch-tower in the skies, 'till the dappled dawo doth rise; 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." At the north-west angle... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1831 - 436 pages
...singing, startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 1084 pages
...singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; 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 din Scatters the rear... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 566 pages
...singing, startle the dull night From his watch-tow'r in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow.' MILTON'S L'Allegro. ' By Nature led, ' A thousand shifts she tríes.' SOMEIIVILLE. ANIMALS... | |
 | Robert Lowth (bp. of London.) - 1834 - 524 pages
...quantity of the same word perpetually, as Bishop Hare does ? If after these lines, which you quote, " Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow," Milton in the next page of his poem, had come with sorrow and good-morrow, would not you have thrown... | |
 | Henry Innes (teacher of elocution) - 1834 - 550 pages
...singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet brier or vine, Or the twisted eglantine. QUICK. Now the storm begins... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...rise; Then to come in spight 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 din Scatters the rear of darknes thin, And to the stack, or the barn-dore, Stoutly struts his dames before, Oft list'ning how... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...singing startle the dull night From hi» watchtower in the skies Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet brier, or the vine, Or the twistc-d eglantine: •"While the cock, with... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled morn arise : Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window...sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine." No plant, perhaps, has so much classical fame as the vine. It has been the favourite theme of poetry... | |
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Then to come, in spite of 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 rear of Darkness thin. And to the stack, or the barn-door Stoutly struts... 
