 MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,...  Leaves from the Poets' Laurels - Page 1301869 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...fret" of life, when the joyous notes of the Nightingale fall upon his ear. He thus addresses it : — " 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being...happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trces, In some melodious plot Of bcechen grove and shadows numberless Singest of summer in full-throated... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 292 pages
...had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk. 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy...thy happiness, That thou, light-winged Dryad of the treet, In some melodious plot Of beeches green, and shadows numberless, Singe8t of summer in full-throated... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...shut of eve In dull November, and their chancel vault, The heaven itself, is blinded throughout night. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE." My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I bad drunk. Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Letbe-wards had sunk. 'Tis... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1846 - 332 pages
...moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. MY heart aches, and a drowsy...lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thtm, light-winged dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless,... | |
 | John Keats - 1846 - 340 pages
...arbor take A dewy (lower, oft would that hand appear, And o'er my eyes the trembling moisture shake. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. MY heart aches, and a drowsy...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe- wards had sunk : MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 103 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being... | |
 | John Keats - 1846 - 348 pages
...arbor take A dewy flower, oft would that hand appear, And o'er my eyes the trembling moisture shake. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. MY heart aches, and a drowsy...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe- wards had sunk : 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 402 pages
...and their chancel vault, The heaven itself, is blinded throughout night. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE.18 My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk. 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...den, Arc things to brood on with more ardency Than the death-day of empires. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. Mr heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk ; 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too hoppy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1847 - 606 pages
...perusal of its mellifluous numbers. Take the following specimen, all we can afford to present : — ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. " My heart aches, and a drowsy...some dull opiate to the drains, One minute past, and Lethe-ward had sunk ; 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1847 - 556 pages
...eyes the trembling mouture shake ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. 1. Mr heart aches, and a drowsy numbness paint My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied...the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk Т is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — • That thou, light-winged... | |
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