| Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free; 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 sweet-briar,... | |
| Margaret Thornley - Education - 1846 - 420 pages
...And still more in the following from 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 ; While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack,... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; 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 sweet-brier,... | |
| Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 276 pages
...her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; 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.— Milton. I own I like not Johnson's turgid style, That gives an inch the importance... | |
| Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1847 - 862 pages
...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...good-morrow. Through the sweet-brier or the vine, Or the twibted eglantine.' These words kindle up the flush and sparkle of summer dawn in our minds, in whatever... | |
| Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free; 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 sweet-briar... | |
| 1844 - 52 pages
...or fringed with the sparkles of the hoar-frost,— 1 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 ;— While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to... | |
| Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...most melancholy !" But " the cheerful man " awakes " 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." * " Cyprus," a thin transparent texture, ^supposed to have been originally produced... | |
| Bill Moore - Cooking - 1987 - 180 pages
...there is no doubting the enthusiasm and the delight. 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. JOHN MILTON Dappled dawn . . . what a lovely combination of words and sounds! Dappled... | |
| Edward Le Comte - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 168 pages
...her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free; 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 rny window bid good-morrow. Who comes or is... | |
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