 Less Philomel will deign a song In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!  The North British Review - Page 3221853Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And missing thee, I walk unseen 65 On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia, checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak: " 60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, channtress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song; And, missing thec, I walk unseen 65... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pages
...Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oke ; Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee chauntress oft the woods among, I woo to hear thy even-song ; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 pages
...Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke. Gently o'er th' aceustom'd oke ; Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee chauntress oft the woods among, I woo to hear thy even-song ; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the... | |
 | Edwin Guest - 1838 - 338 pages
...Above,| about,| : or un|derneath|. II Penseroso. Ne wil|le ic leng| : his geou|gra weorth(an. Cad. Sweet bird | that shun'nst| : the noise | of fol|ly Most mu|sical| : most mel|ancholy. II Penseroso. 5 : 6. is only met with in the tumbling verse. This no|ble earle| : full wise|ly hath... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 836 pages
...chantry by. Sha/Laxare. The poets eaant in the theatres, the shepherds in the mountains. ЯгачЛгИ. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly. Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantreu oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy even song. Male», A pleasant grove, With chant of... | |
 | Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 pages
...impressions of that beautiful passage in " II Penseroso," so sweetly representing her plaintive melancholy. " Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy, Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo to hear thy evening song." Lulled by this repose, or sauntering... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak ; eo Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And missing thee, I walk unseen 65 On... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : s fittest place ; I found Ihee there, And thither will return thee ; yet remember W chantress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On... | |
 | William Gadiner - 1841 - 508 pages
...with a beautiful and solemn melody : — tr Handel has closely copied her in the following strain — Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical — most melancholy ! 222 It is difficult to account for so small a creature as a bird making a tone as loud as some animals... | |
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