 THUS, thus begin, the yearly rites Are due to Pan on these bright nights ; His morn now riseth, and invites To sports, to dances and delights : All envious and profane, away, This is the shepherd's holiday.  Wild Flowers - Page 20by Anne Pratt - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pages
...: All envious and profane, away, This is the shepherd's holyday. £ Nym. Strew, strew the glad and smiling ground With every flower, yet not confound...The primrose drop, the spring's own spouse, Bright day's-eyes, and the lips of cows, The garden-star, the queen of May, The rose, to crown the holyday.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...All envious, and prophane away, This is the shepherd's holiday. NYMPH n. Strew, strew, the glad and q 6 { E daisies, and the lips of cows,. The garden-star, the queen of May, The rose, to crown the holiday.... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1825 - 516 pages
...head, That bends not as I tread ; Gentle swain, at thy request, I am here." " Strew, strew the glad and smiling ground With every flower, yet not confound The primrose drop, the spring's own spouse, Blight daisies and the lips of cows, The garden-star, the queen of May, The rose, to crown the holiday."... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 pages
...All envious, and profane away, This is the shepherd's holiday. Nymph 2. Strew, strew, the glad and smiling ground. With every flower, yet not confound...The primrose drop, the spring's own spouse, Bright daisies, and the lips-of-cows, The garden-star, the queen of May, The rose, to crown the holiday. Xymph... | |
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 702 pages
...envious and profane, away, This is the Shepherds' Holyday. SECOND NYMPH. Strew, strew the glad and smiling ground, With every flower, yet not confound...spouse, Bright day's eyes, and the lips of cows, The garden-star, the queen of May, . The rose, to crown the Holyday. THIRD NYMPH. Drop, drop your violets,... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 868 pages
...All envious, and profane away, This is the shepherd's holiday. Nymph 2. Strew, strew, the glad and smiling ground, With every flower, yet not confound...The primrose drop, the spring's own spouse, Bright daisies, and the lips-of-cows, The garden-star, the queen of May, The rose, to crown the holiday. Nymph... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 pages
...all the flowers familiarly known are thus lightly yet richly grouped. 44 Strew, strew the glad and smiling ground With every flower, yet not confound....lips of cows, The garden star, the queen of May, The rose, to crown the holyday. Drop, drop your violets, change your hues, Now red, now pale, as lover's... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 pages
...fables, &c., connected with those forming the illustrations of Spring. 42 Strew, strew the glad and smiling ground With every flower, yet not confound....The primrose drop, the Spring's own spouse, Bright day's-eyes, and the lips of cows, The garden star, the queen of May, The rose, to crown the holyday.... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 936 pages
...All envious, and profane away, This is the shepherd's holiday. Nymph 2. Strew, strew, the glad and smiling ground, With every flower, yet not confound...The primrose drop, the spring's own spou.se, Bright daisies, and the lips-of-cows, The garden-star, the queen of May, The rose, to crown the holiday. Nymph... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 874 pages
...All envious, and profane away, This is the shepherd's holiday. Nymph 2. Strew, strew, the glad and smiling ground, With every flower, yet not confound...The primrose drop, the spring's own spouse, Bright daisies, and the lips-of-cows. The garden-star, the queen of May, The rose, to crown the holiday. Nymph... | |
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