 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 386 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold : How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie : How they vary...triumphs, and die.' To the grove or the garden he strays, And pillages every sweet, Then suiting the wreath to his lays, He throws it at Phyllis's feet.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pagina’s
...And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ; How the nightingale's labour the strain, With the notes of this charmer to vie ; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs and die. In the fourth I find nothing better than this natural strain of Hope : Alas ! from the day that we... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary...her triumphs, and die. To the grove or the garden he strays, And pillages every sweet ; Then, suiting the wreath to his lays, He throws it at Phyllis's... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold : How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary...triumphs, and die.' To the grove or the garden he strays, And pillages every sweet, Then suiting the wreath to his lays, He throws it at Phillis's feet.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 pagina’s
...And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ; How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of the charmer to vie ; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die. In the fourth I find nothing better than this natural strain of Hope : Alas ! from the day that we... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold; How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary...their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs and die. In the fourth I find nothing better than this natural strain of Hope; Alas ! from the day that we met,... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, he sure, is as cold: How the nightingales labour the «train, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary...accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die. in the fourth I find nothing better than this naturel strain of hope: Alas! from the day that we met,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 412 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ; How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary...their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs and die. In the fourth I find nothing better than this natural strain of Hope ; Alas ! from the day that we... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, 6/ 5/ strays, And pillages every sweet; Then suiting the wreath to his lays, He throws it at Phyllis's feet.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 384 pagina’s
...sure, is as cold; How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; Hovr they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs and die. , . In the fourth I find nothing better than this natural strain of Hope : Alas ! from the day that... | |
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Tis his with mock passion to glow, Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents... 
