 Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone: She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity. 'Fie, fie, fie...  Lyric Poetry of Glees, Madrigals, Catches, Rounds, Canons, and Duets: As ... - Page 221840 - 624 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 432 pages
...in which it appears in ' The Passionate Pilgrim.' There are several variations in other copies. XIX. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...nightingale alone : She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leau'd her breast up-till ba thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 pages
...in which it appears in ' The Passionate Pilgrim.' There are several variations in other copies. XIX. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...banish moan, . Save the nightingale alone : She, poor hird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast up-till ba thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1852 - 1170 pages
...Sept. 13. 1851. Nightingale and Thorn (Vol. iv., p. 175.), by AWH: — " Every thing did banish mrnui. Save the nightingale alone : She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her breast up-liil a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity." Shakspeare... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 484 pages
...every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me moYn, To live with thee and be thy love. XXI.1 As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting...birds did sing, Trees did grow and plants did spring ; Every thing did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone : She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...thorny brambles and embracing bushes, As fearful of him, part ; through whom he rushes. 103. Birds. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring ; Every thing did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone : She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pages
...Music has given the early stanzas a wide celebrity, which the moral of the later ones equally deserve. As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting...myrtles made ; Beasts did leap and birds did sing, 'Frees did grow, and plants did spring ; Every thing did banish moan Save the nightingale alone ; She,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...No »tab the soul can kill. [Addnuu to tlie Niglttiagak.'} As it fell upon a day, In the merry mouth of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove...and birds did sing. Trees did grow, and plants did spnug ; Everything did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd... | |
 | Music - 1855 - 856 pages
...which Rossini, the minstrel of the south, was wont to love so well — who that has felt sympathy with 'As it fell, upon a day, In the merry month of May,' admired that masterpiece of glee and chorus, ' The chough and crow, or been moved to jollity at some... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 364 pages
...my tongue to be so long : Yet will she blush, here be it said, To hear her secrets so bewray'd. xvn. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...nightingale alone : She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. RICHARD BARNFIELD. Address to the Nightingale.^ As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made. * Sylvester is now generally regarded as the author of " The Soul's Errand," long attributed to Raleigh.... | |
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