 Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every...  The Elements of the English Language - Page 174by Ernest Adams - 1858 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1807 - 788 pages
...cowslips wan, that hang the pensive head, And even' flower that sad embroidery wears ; Bid arnaranthtiB all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strnw the laureat hearse where Lycid lies. Nitns. LIBERAL curiosity should always be gratified ; but... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang tlie pensive head, And every flow'r that sad embroidery wears : Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureat herse where Lycid lies. For so to interpose a little case, Let our frail thoughts dally with... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1819 - 520 pages
...contain the tears of the youth Narcissus, who wept to death. To this Milton alludes in his Lycidas ; Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the lauréat herse where Lycid lies. Lentum de cortice gluten], Pierius found lectmn in the Lombard and... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureat herse where Lycid lies. For, so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid amaranthus all bis beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureat horse where Lycid lies. For, so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with... | |
 | 1834 - 442 pages
...violet, The musk rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan, that hang the pensive head; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies...tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies." THE FAIRY'S BURIAL. Where shall our sister rest? Where shall we bury her? To the grave's silent breast,... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1823 - 498 pages
...Echo's bale." KEATS. The poets have celebrated this flower also by its humbler name of Daffodil : " Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureat hearse where Lycid lies." MILTON. There is a beautiful allusion to the early flowering of the... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strow the laureat herse where Lycid lies. For, so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears: Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strow the laureat hearse where Lycid lies. For so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...round with daffodmcndilliet, And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies. Spent er. Bid amaranthns all his beauty shed. And daffodillies fill their cups with tears. To strew the laureat hene where Lycid lies. Milton. The daughter* of the flood have searched the mead For violets... | |
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