| Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 728 pages
...exceeded him in energy and grandeur, *i much as he has fallen short in sweetness and prettiness: ' 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.' SewarJ. 400 THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS.... | |
| George Low - Natural history - 1813 - 272 pages
...expression, as old as Solomon*; and, indeed, one must be an early riser who * Hears the lark begin bis flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled morn doth rise. Nothing, however, is more cheerful than a spring-morning scene, though too seldom enjoyed... | |
| Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...Allegro (Rajiph) in the moon borders immediately upon those above assigned to Euphrosyne and Liberty. To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-low'r in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, 45 And... | |
| Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...Allegro (Ralph) in the moon borders immediately upon those above assigned to Euphrosyne and Liberty. 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 ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, 45 And... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...Mirth, admit me of thy crew. To live with her, and live with thee, In nnreproved pleasures free ; • ^0 To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watcJWow'r in the skies, Till the dappled dawn dotli rise ; Then to come, in spit* of sorrow, 4* And... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...due, Mirth admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In nnreproved pleasures free : To hear the lark begin his flight, -•' ^ And, singing,...watchtower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spite of sorrow And at my window bid good morrovt, Through the sweetbriar or the... | |
| Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...regularity of his life, and the innocencv 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 tower, in the skies, •Till the dappled dawn doth rise. It continues its harmony several months,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tow'r in the skies, Till the dapple dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In uureproved pleasures free ; 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 : Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flighty And, 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... | |
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