 We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose at evening bright Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel.  The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 117by Samuel Johnson - 1818Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft, till the star, that rose, at evening, bright, Toward heaven's descent had slop'd his westering... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...suppose how much he must miss the companion of his labours and the partner of his discoveries ; but what image of tenderness can be excited by these lines ? " We drove a-field, and both together heard "What time the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks... | |
 | John Bolton Rogerson - 1854 - 320 pages
...suppose how much he must miss the companion of his labours and the partner of his discoveries ; but what image of tenderness can be excited by these lines : — ' We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose, at evening, bright, Toward Heaven's descent had sloped his westering 3... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 564 pages
...Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove a-fleld, and both together heard What time the gray fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star, that rose at evening bright, Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel.... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...suppose howmuch he must miss the companion of his labours, and the partner of his discoveries j but what image of tenderness can be excited by these lines ? We drove ufield, und both together heard "\Vhat time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our nocks... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...Under the opening eyelids of the mom, We drove a-ficld, and both together heard What time the gray-fly ying fall Takes up again her lamentable strain Of winding woe ; till, wide ar Oft till the star that rose at evening bright [wheel. Towards heaven's descent had sloped his westering... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose, at evening, bright, Toward Heaven's descent had sloped his westering3... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove afield ; and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star, that rose at evening, bright, 30 Toward Heaven's descent had sloped his westering... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 pages
...suppose how much he must miss the companion of his labours, and the partner of "his discoveries; but what image of tenderness can be excited by these lines?...the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocka with the teesh dowa or ni£ht. "We know that they never drove a field, and they (had no flocks... | |
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