| Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 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 Phillis's feet.... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, d, Band, and gusset, and seam — Till over the Bepine at her triumphs, and die. To the grove or the garden ho strays, And pillages every sweet ; Then,... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ! How the nightingales labor the strain, steps, And strays, And pillages every sweet; Then, suiting the wreath to his lays, He throws it at Phyllis's feet.... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1881 - 842 pagina’s
...bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain. With the notes of his cb:inncr to vie ; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs aud die.1 . . . DISAPPOINTMENT. Ye shepherds, give ear to mv lay, And take no more heed of my sheep;... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pagina’s
...bright as the snow, And her bosom, bo sure, is aa cold ? 140 How tho nightingales labour tho strain. With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at their triumphs, and die." To the grove or tho garden ho strays, And pillages every sweet : Thon, suiting... | |
| Heinrich Oskar Sommer - 1888 - 142 pagina’s
...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 in vain, Repine at her trinmphs, and die." Disappointment 6. O, ye woods, spread your branches apace; To your deepest recesses... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ! How the nightingales labor the strain. I oates a*id die." i To the grove or the garden he strays, And pillages every sweet; Then, suiting the wreath... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, ! . . . Disappointment. Ye shepherds, give ear to my lay, And take no more heed of my sheep : They have... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pagina’s
...as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, ur . . . . Disappointment. Ye shepherds, give ear to my lay, And take no more heed of my sheep : They have... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1903 - 512 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...accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die. Shenstone's most ambitious poem, The Schoolmistress, appeared in 1742; the Pastoral Ballad (from which... | |
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