| Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 324 pages
...potent light*. * At itars, &C. " You meaner beauties of the night, " That poorly satisfy our eyes, " More by your number than your light ; " You common...the skies, " What are you when the sun shall rise ?" Athens now feels the fury of my heat ; A pow'r like their's, divided, can't be great : It may tumultuous... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 pages
...reader will forgive the insertion : You meaner beauties of the nigh't, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light : You common people of the skies, What are ye when the sun shall rise ? JOHNSON. <j<jo. Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the... | |
| George Ellis - 1790 - 346 pages
...proud virgins of the year, As if the Spring were all your own, What are you when the rofe is blown ? Ye curious chanters of the wood, That warble forth dame nature's lays, Thinking your paffions underftood By your weak accents, what's your praife When Philomel her voice doth raife ? So,... | |
| 1793 - 376 pages
...BOHEMIA. BY SIR HENRY WOTTON, KT.* You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly fatisfie our eyes, More by your number, than your light, You common people of the fkies, What are you when the Sun mall rife ? You curious chanters of the wood, 6 That warble forth... | |
| Joseph Ritson - 1793 - 388 pages
...BOHEMIA. BY SIR HfiNRY WOTTON, KT.* i ou meaner beauties of the night, That poorly fatisfie our eyes, More by your number, than your light, You common people of the fkies, What are you when the Sun fhall rife ? You curious chanters of the wood, 6 That warble forth... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1794 - 426 pages
...carrett ions from an old MS. cofy. YOU meaner beauties of the night, That poorly fatisfie our eies More by your number, than your light ; You common people of the ikies, What are you when the Moon fhall rife ? 5 Ye Ye violets that firft appeare, By your pure purple... | |
| Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1796 - 640 pages
...Miftrefs, the Queen of . "Bohemia:" " You meaner teautiet of the trigtt, " That poorly fatisfy our ejes " More by your number than your light, " You common people of the flues, " What are you when the fun (hall rife " You curious chanters of the wood, " That warble forth... | |
| 1797 - 614 pages
...Mistress*, the Quccn of Bohemia." " You meaner beantiss of the night t That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies, — What are you when the sua shall rise ? " You curious chanters of the wood, That warble forth Dame Nature's lays, Thinking... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...the Biographical Dictionary. SONNET. You meaner beau'ies of the night, Which poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies, What are you, wheu the sun doth rise ? Ye violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known, Like the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 456 pages
...will forgive the insertion : " You meaner beauties of the night, " That poorly satisfy our eyes, " More by your number than your light, " You common...the skies, " What are you when the sun shall rise ?" Johnson. " Micat inter omnes " Julium sidus, velut inter ignes " Luna minores." Hor. Malcme. 1 My... | |
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