 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 sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted...  Famous Pamphlets - Page 3111886 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkneß thin, 5o And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before : Oft list'ning how the hounds and horn Chearly rouse the slumb'ring morn, From the side of some hoar hill,... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine i While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of Darkness thin, 5o And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before i Oft list'ning how the hounds... | |
 | 1840 - 612 pages
...side we again meet in October — " List'ning how the hounds and horn Cheerily rouse the slumb'ring morn, From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill." 10. RODNEY, HUNTING TOUR CONCLUDED. rhe Atherstone Country (coMimud)— Places of Meeting— Necessity... | |
 | 1810 - 700 pages
...transcribe the passage, as a favourable specimen of the author's manner : While the cock with !:vety dio Scatters the rear of darkness thin. And to the stack, "or the barn door* Stoutly struts his dimes before ; Oft list'ning how the hounds and hora Cheerlr rouse the... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pages
...And at my window bid good morrow. Through the sweet-brier, or the vine,' Or the twisted eglantine; While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of...the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before: Oft list'ning how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumb'ring Morn, From the side of some hoar hill,... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pages
...sweetfcriar. It is probable that' formerly the name eglantine belonged to some other species of rose. Whilst the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness...or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before. " Whilst the crowing cock seems to dispel the darkness as he struts before his hens from their roost... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...And at my -window bid good-morrow , Through the sweet-briar, or the vine , Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of...barn-door , Stoutly struts his dames before , Oft list'ning how the hounds and hor» Cheerly rouse the slumb'rine morn , From the side of some hoar nill... | |
 | Peter Pindar - 1804 - 180 pages
...sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of...the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before : Oft list'ning how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumb'ring morn, From the side of some hoar hill,... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 180 pages
...sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of...the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before : Oft list'ning how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumb'ring morn, From the side of some hoar hill,... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...Stoutly struts his dames hefore ; Oft list'nuig how the hounds and hora Cheerly rouse the slumh'ring morn. From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill : Some time walking not unseen By hedge-row elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate,... | |
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