Wrapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till fancy had her fill. But ere a close The wonted roar was up amidst the woods... Miltoni Comus - Page 68by John Milton - 1863 - 121 pagesFull view - About this book
| Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...by the way. This evening late, by then the chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot-grass dew-besprent, and were in fold, I sat...and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle, and began, Rapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till fancy had her fill ; but,... | |
| John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...by then the chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot-grass dew-besprent, 3 and were in fold, I sat me down to watch upon a bank...Wrapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till fancy had her fill; but, ere a close, The wonted roar was up amidst the woods,... | |
| John Milton - 1855 - 564 pages
...by the way. This evening late, by them the chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot-grass dew-besprent, and were in fold, I sat...and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle, and began, Rapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till fancy had her fill ; but,... | |
| John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...way. This evening late, by then the chewing flocks ** Had ta' en their supper1 on the savoury herb Of knot-grass dew-besprent, and were in fold, I sat...canopied, and interwove With flaunting honey-suckle ; m and began, ** Wrapp'd in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy/ errands.... | |
| Anne Pratt - 1855 - 430 pages
...flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of Knot-grass, dew-besprent, and were in fold, I sate me down to watch upon a bank, With ivy canopied, and interwove With fl.uniting honeysuckle." The great abundance of seeds furnished by this plant affords a supply to a... | |
| William Howitt - 1856 - 596 pages
...of effect. " This evening late, by then the chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb Of knot-grass dew-besprent, and were in fold, I sat...interwove With flaunting honey-suckle, and began, Wrapped in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till Fancy had her fill ;... | |
| John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...by then the chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot-grass dew-besprent,3 and were in fold, I sat me down to watch upon a hank With ivy canopied, and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle, and began, Wrapt in a pleasing fit... | |
| John Milton - 1858 - 114 pages
...then the chewing fl<jcl<s Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot-grass dew-besprent,2i and were in fold, I sat me down to watch upon a bank...Wrapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till Fancy had her fill ; but, ere a close, The wonted roar was up amidst the woods,... | |
| John Milton - 1858 - 106 pages
...by then the chewing' flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot-grass dew-besprent,2i and were in fold, I sat me down to watch upon a bank AVith ivy canopied, and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle, and began, Wrapt in a pleasing tit of... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...by the way. This evening late, by then the chewing flock*" Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb Of knot-grass dew-besprent, and were in fold, I sat...Wrapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till fancy had her fill ; but, ere a close, The wonted roar was up amidst the woods,... | |
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