 | Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...song before the morning dawns ; to this Milton alludes in his L'Allegro : " To hear the lark begin bis flight, And singing startle the dull night. From his watch-tower in the skies. Till the dapple dawn doth rise." And also Shakespeare : " The gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...iv. sc. 2. ' Come and go, Each one tripping on his toe.' Newton. In unreproved pleasures free ; 40 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... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 340 pages
...perhaps, listened to during its aerial flights with more pleasure than any other songster we have. ' 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... | |
 | Hygiene - 1831 - 456 pages
...his life, and the innocence and devotion of his mind. Thus he describes himself as in a situation, " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, Prom his watch-tower in the skies, 'Till the dappled dawn arise." We dare not indulge in a recital... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...scenes as must rouse every lover of the country from his conch : — 651 054 Lines from Ï Allegro To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing, startle...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 the... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Birds - 1835 - 496 pages
...which he describes them, and among others, the singing of the lark before the rising of the sun : " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle...night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dapple dawn dqth rise ; * The wild hyacinths of our English woods and hedge-rows, commonly called blue-bells.... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 482 pages
...which he describes them, and among others, the singing of the lark before the rising of the sun : " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle...night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dapple dawn doth rise ; * The wild hyacinths of our English woods and hedge-rows, commonly called blue-bells.... | |
 | Theocritus - English poetry - 1836 - 450 pages
...that erst was mute, Carols to the rising day Many a note, and many a lay." Faithful Shepherdess. " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." L'Allegro. " Don't cut your hand — to split a cumin-seed." — P. 93. The Greeks said of a miser... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 448 pages
...tower and gardens of Buffon. To his own practice of early rising Milton alludes in L' Allegro : ' ' To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise," &c. And again in II Penseroso, there is a beautiful description of the dawn, written with the graphic... | |
 | Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 pages
...that erst was mute, Carols to the rising day Many a note, and many a lay." Faithful Shepherdess. " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." L'Allegro. " Don't cut your hand — to split a cumin-seed."— P. 93. The Greeks said of a miser that... | |
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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... 
