Since that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, Which wont in such harmonious strains to flow, Is reft from earth to tune those spheres above, What art thou but a harbinger of woe? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more, But orphans... Retrospective Review - Page 364edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...to me were dear, No part of them can have now with me here ? TO HIS LUTE. My lute, be as thou wast, when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some shady grove. [INTERREGNUM,, When immelodious winds but made ihee move, And birds on thee their ramage did bestow.... | |
| English language - 1861 - 312 pages
...refers to the death of his mistress : — DRUMMOND TO HIS LUTE. My lute, be as thou wert when thou did grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When...harmonious strains to flow, Is reft from earth to tune the spheres above, What art thou but a harbinger of woe ? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more,... | |
| English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...have given him over, From death to life thou might'st him yet recover ! M. Drayton XXXVIII TO HIS LUTE MY lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow With...thee move, And birds their ramage did on thee bestow. Is reft from Earth to tune those spheres above, What art thou but a harbinger of woe ? Thy pleasing... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...to me were dear, No part of them can have now with me here 1 TO HIS LUTE. My lute, be as thou wast, when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some shady grove. When immelodious winds but made ihee move, And birds on thee their ramafre did bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...to me were dear, No part of them can have now with me here I TO HIS LUTE. My lute, be ns thou wast, when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some shady grove. 1 "TurnM" U here used tor " rvturnCkt." 192 CRASIIAW. [INTERREGNUM, When immelcxlious winds but made... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...still before me to augment my pain. W. DRUMMOND 262 TO HIS LUTE MY lute, be as thou wast, when thou did grow with thy green mother in some shady grove, when immelodious winds but made thee move, and birds on thee their ramage did bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, which wont in such... | |
| E. Wadham - English language - 1869 - 176 pages
...green mother in some shady grove, When unmelodious winds had made thee move, And birds their romage did on thee bestow. Since that dear voice which did...harmonious strains to flow, Is reft from earth to tune the spheres above. What art thou then but harbinger of woe ? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...birds on thee their ramaje did bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, Which used in such harmonious strains to flow, Is reft from earth to tune those spheres alx>ve. What art thou but a harbinger of woe? Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more, But orphan... | |
| Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...pure delight. What wonder now 1 feel so fair a Hume, Since I her loved ere on this earth she came? II. n, Thyself Earth's ROSY STAB, and of the dawn Co-herald...fill'd thy countenance with rosy light? Who made thee soumis approve. Which wont in such harmonious strains to flow, Is reft from earth to tune those spheres... | |
| John Dennis - Sonnets, English - 1873 - 280 pages
...be happy so Sith passed pleasures double but new woe ? WILLIAM DRUMMOND. 1585—1649. TO HIS LUTE. MY lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow With...When immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds on thee their ramage did bestow. Sith that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, Which wont in such... | |
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