YET once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear, Compels... The Blue Poetry Book - Page 200edited by - 1896 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon due: For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young...Lycidas, and hath not left his peer: Who would not fing for Lycidas? he knew 10 Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhime. He muft not flote upon his... | |
| John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon due : For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young...Lycidas, and hath not left his peer: Who would not ling for Lycidas? he knew 10 Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhime. He muft not flote upon his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...the mellowing year. £ Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon due : For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young...Lycidas, and hath not left his peer: Who would not fmg for Lycidas? he l{.new jo Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhyme. He muft not flote upon his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...mellowing year. 4 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels rfce to difturb your feafon due i For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer i Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew to Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhyme. He muft not... | |
| English poetry - 1781 - 512 pages
...before the mellowing year. Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon due : For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime; Young...Lycidas! and hath not left his peer. Who would not ring for Lycidas ? he knew Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhime. He muft not float upon his wat'ry... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...before the mellowing year. Bitter conftraint and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon due : For Lycidas is dead, dead e're his prime, Young...Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew I ! > nili -1 f to fing, and build the lofty rhyme j He muft not flote upon... | |
| John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...the mellowing year. • $ Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to diflurb your feafon due : For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young...Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew 10 Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhime. text, one of the moft uncommon... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...mellowing year. 5 Bitter constraint, and sad oecasion dear, Compels me to diturb your season due i For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer i Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew 10 Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhime. He must not... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon due: For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young...Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew 10 Himfelf to fmg, and build the lofty rhyme. He muft not flote upon his... | |
| John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...the ivy ; which laft is charafterifed before as ntwr fere. Compels Compels me to difturb your feafon due : . . ,For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,...Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not fing for Lycidas ? He knew 10 Himfelf to fmg, and build the lofty rhime. II. — To Jing, and build... | |
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