| Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...instruct our wand'ring thought ; Thus she dresses green and gay, To disperse our cares away. ftouir. O Music, sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure,...thy ancient lyre aside ? As in that lov'd Athenian bow'r You learn'd an all-commanding pow'r, Thy mimic soul, O nymph endear'd, Can well recall what then... | |
| P. Sadler - 1841 - 362 pages
...Mirth a gay fantastic round (4), Loose were her tresses seen , her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings. COLLINS. TRUE MERIT. Begin, my Lord, in early youth, To cherish and encourage truth : And blame me... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...gay', fantastick round* : Loose were her tresses seen', her zone unbound* j And he', amidst his frolick play', As if he would the charming air repay', Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings*. SECTION XIV Alexander's Feast ; or, The Power of Musick. AN ODE FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY. DRYDEN. 'Twas'... | |
| Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings. And he, amidst his frolic play, O Music, sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure,...why, to us denied, Layst thou thy ancient lyre aside 1 As in that loved Athenian bower You learned its all-commanding power, Thy mimic soul, 0 nymph endeared,... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...with Mirth a gay fantastic round, T ^..n worn ||0r tresses seen, her zone unbound, And he, amidst the frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay Shook thousand odours from hia dewy wings. O Music, sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid, Why, goddess, why,... | |
| John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...with mirth a gay fantastic round, (Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound,) And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odors from his dewy wings. 59. ALEXANDER'S FEAST. — Dryden. 'Twas at the royal feast, for Persia... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...with Mirth a gay fantastic round, Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound, And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay,...aside ? As in that lov'd Athenian bower You learn'd in all commanding power, Thy mimic, soul, O nymph endearM, Can well recall what then it heard. Where... | |
| William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...gay fantastic round; Loose were her tresses aeen, her zone unhound ; And he, amidst Ms frolic piny, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand...denied, Lay'st thou thy ancient lyre aside? As, in that loved Athenian bower, You learn'd an all-commanding power, Thy mimic soul, O nymph endear*d ! Can well... | |
| William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 328 pages
...with Mirth a gay fantastic round; Loose were her tresses seen, her cone unhound ; And he, amiIhr his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay,...Music! sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom*s aid! Why, goddess, why, to us denied, Lay'st thou thy ancient lyre aside? As, in that loved... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, SAook thousand odour» from his dewy wings. Oh e not allotted in a less proportion to Dryden than...sufficiently ԁ S "A loved Athenian bower, You learn an all-commanding power; Thy mimic soul, oh nymph endeared, Can well... | |
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