 | 1855 - 458 pages
...about Jove's altar sing ; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure ; But first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon...cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night,... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 64 pages
...altar sing ; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure. IL PENSEROSO. But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that...cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...wing, Guiding the fiery- wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest,...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 ! Thee,... | |
 | 1855 - 540 pages
...about Jove's altar sing : And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure: But first, and chiefest, with thee bring Him that...the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation ; Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...Jove's altar sing. And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens * takes his pleasure : B But first and chiefest with thee bring, Him that yon...wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation;1 And the mute Silence hist along," • 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest,... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...about Jove's altar sing : And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure ; But first, and chiefest, with thee bring Him that...cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest, plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...wing, Ouiding the ficry-whi'elcd throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, the accustomed oak ; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of Folly, Most musical, most melancholy !... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne,3 The cherub Contemplation : And the mute Silence hist3 along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song In her sweetest,...Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks4 her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustomed oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly,... | |
 | William Dowling - 1857 - 412 pages
...wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest,...checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chauntress, oft... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...about Jove's altar sing ; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure ; But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that...cherub Contemplation ; And the mute silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night,... | |
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Spare Fast, that oft with Gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing : And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure ; 50 But, first and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on... 
