Tempered to the oaten flute; Rough Satyrs danced, and Fauns with cloven heel From the glad sound would not be absent long, And old Damoetas loved to hear our song. But, O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return... The British Poets - Page 1191866Full view - About this book
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...heel From the glad sound would not be absent long ; And old Damcetas loved to hear our song. But oh, the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art...Thee, shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves, 1 Rhyme — ie verse, as opposed to prose. 8 Sisters, $fc- — The muses, who haunt the fountain Hippocrene,... | |
| John D'Alton - Boyle (Ireland : Barony) - 1845 - 360 pages
...change I now thou art gone I — Now thou art gone I — and never must return. Thee shepherds — thee the woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and...gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes mourn ; The willow and the hazle copses green Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft... | |
| John D'Alton - Boyle (Ireland : Barony) - 1845 - 364 pages
...change 1 now thou art gone 1 — Now thou art gone I — and never must return. Thee shepherds — thee the woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and...gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes mourn ; The willow and the hazle copses green Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft... | |
| John Wilson - 1845 - 236 pages
...refer to the Lycidas—and to say that Robert Burns will stand a comparison with John Milton. " But oh, the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return! Thee, Shepherd, theo the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme, and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes... | |
| Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...till the star that rose at evening bright T' wards heaven's descent had slop'd his westering wheel. But, O the heavy change, now thou art gone, — Now...And all their echoes, mourn ; The willows and the hazel-copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing... | |
| John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...cloven heel, From the glad sound would not be absent long, And old Damoetas loved to hear our song. But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou...desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine overgrown, And all their echoes, mourn. The willows, and the hazel copses green, Shall now no more... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...heel From the glad sound would not be absent long ; And old Damœtas lov'd to hear our song. But, 0 ious world Throw all their scandalous malice upon me t 'Cause I am poor, defo I Thee, shepherd, thee the woods and desert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And... | |
| John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...cloven heel From the glad sound would not be absent long; And old Damoetas loved to hear our song. But, O, the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou...thee the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme and gadding vine o'er-grown, And all their echoes, mourn: The willows, and the hazel copses green, Shall... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...art gone, aud never must return ! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods and desert caves, With wild thiroe and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes,...the hazel copses green, Shall now no more be seen Faaning their joyous leaves to thy .-.ft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose, Or taint-worm... | |
| Thomas Keightley - Fairy tales - 1850 - 622 pages
...Arabic author. We did not then recollect the following verses of Milton, The willows and the hazle copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. Lycidas, 42. The simile of the moon among the stars in the same place, we have since found in the Nibelungen... | |
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