 And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet; Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure; But first and chiefest, with...  The Harvard Classics - Page 361909Full view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure ; But first and clnefest, orious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. shun'st the noise of folly, — Most musical, most melancholy 1 Thee, chantress, oft, the woods among,... | |
 | John Milton - 1873 - 606 pages
...first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery -wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence...the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And missing thee, I walk unseen... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 518 pages
...add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure ; Jo But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing,...checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak. 60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress,... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1874 - 504 pages
...add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure ; 50 But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing,...checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak. 60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 pages
...And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure : 5o But first and chiefest with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing...checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustomed oak : 6o Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1905 - 522 pages
...And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure. But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing,...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee,... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - American poetry - 1905 - 628 pages
...And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure; But first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing,...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustom'd oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee,... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1905 - 648 pages
...pleasure; 50 But, first and chiefest, with thce bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, IL PENSEROSO. 5o5 Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation...checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak. 60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - English literature - 1906 - 764 pages
...add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure : 5° But first and chiefest with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : 60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1907 - 448 pages
...add to these retired Leisure That in trim gardens takes his pleasure : — But first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustom'd oak. — Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee,... | |
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