 And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright...  L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas - Page 11by John Milton - 1900 - 130 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Strutt - 1807 - 274 pages
...were doomed to bend. bend. All the consolation he could receive was, that their venerable shades, " Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never...heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunti;" had hitherto been spared for the future interest of his son; and that the same motive... | |
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...(hadows hrown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude ax, with heaved ftrokf, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hatlow'd haunt. There in clofe covert, hy fome hrook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...rude ax with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Of fright them from their hallow'd haunt* There in close covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from day's gairish eye, While the bee with honeyed thigh, That at her flow'ry work doth suig,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with...heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt. There, in- close covert, by some brook, Hide me from day's. garish eye, While the bee,... | |
 | 1809 - 562 pages
...poet's pensive man retreats To arched walks of twilight groves^ And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with...heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt. If there are any allusions to the topiary art in Arcades, they were intended as a compliment to his... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 490 pages
...twilight groves, And shadows brown that sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak : Where the rude ax, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt; There in close covert, by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...twilight groves, And shadows brown that sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak : Where the rude ax, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from ihl ir hallow'd haunt; There in close covert, by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1809 - 946 pages
...fliadowj brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved (Iroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt." By Salvator Rofa, the well-known picture of the Prodigal Son from the Houghton collection,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with...heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt. There in close covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from day's... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with...heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt. There in close covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from day's... | |
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