 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 Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Page 63by Thomas Gray - 1853 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
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