 To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweetbriar or the vine, Or the...  Environs of London: Western Division - Page 262by John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...lover of the country from his conch : — 651 054 Lines from Ï Allegro To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing, startle the dull night. From...to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vino, Or the twisted eglantine : Wlnle the cock, with... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Birds - 1835 - 496 pages
...and among others, the singing of the lark before the rising of the sun : " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dapple dawn dqth rise ; * The wild hyacinths of our English woods and hedge-rows, commonly called blue-bells.... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 482 pages
...and among others, the singing of the lark before the rising of the sun : " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dapple dawn doth rise ; * The wild hyacinths of our English woods and hedge-rows, commonly called blue-bells.... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night From ht* watchtower in the skies Till the dappled dawn doth...to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : •"While the cock, with... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 448 pages
...Buffon. To his own practice of early rising Milton alludes in L' Allegro : ' ' To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night; From his...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise," &c. And again in II Penseroso, there is a beautiful description of the dawn, written with the graphic... | |
 | Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 pages
...to the rising day Many a note, and many a lay." Faithful Shepherdess. " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." L'Allegro. " Don't cut your hand — to split a cumin-seed."— P. 93. The Greeks said of a miser that... | |
 | Theocritus - English poetry - 1836 - 450 pages
...to the rising day Many a note, and many a lay." Faithful Shepherdess. " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." L'Allegro. " Don't cut your hand — to split a cumin-seed." — P. 93. The Greeks said of a miser... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...free ; To hear the lark hegin his flight, And .singing startle the dull night, From his watch-towre in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spight of sorrow, And at my window hid good-morrow, Through the sweet-hriar, or the vine, Or the twisted... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-towre in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spight of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...Line* from l'allégro To bear the lark begin his flight, And singing, startle the dull night, From bis watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth...to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow. Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with... | |
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