 | William Collins, John Langhorne - English poetry - 1765 - 210 pages
...pearly dew I Tlic red-breaft oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid. With hoary mofs, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou...art laid. When howling winds, and beating rain* In tcmpefts fhake the fylvan cell ; Or Vnidit the chace on every plain, The tender thought on due fhall... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1781 - 200 pages
...pearly dew; The red-breaft oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary mofs, and gather'd flowers,. To deck the ground where thou...art laid. When howling winds, and beating rain, In tempefts fhake the fylvan cell ; Or 'midft the enact- on every plain, The tender thought on thee fhall... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1783 - 360 pages
...pearly dew ! The The rcd-brcaft oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary mofs, and gather'd flowers. To deck the ground where thou...art laid. When howling winds, and beating rain, In tempefts fhake the fylvan cell ; Or 'raidft the chace on every plain, The tender thought on thee fha.ll... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. 3No wither' d witch shall here be seen, Ne goblins lead their nightly crew : The female fays...haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew. 4The red-breast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gathered... | |
 | 1794 - 954 pages
...t'e Í-.Í "r. The red-bread oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend hiïlittle aid. With hoary mofs, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou...art laid. When howling winds, and beating rain, In tempefts (hake thy fylvan cell ; Or 'midft the chafe on every plain, The tender thought on thee (hall... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...they may appear to be a pretty close imitation of the following in Collins's" Dirge in Cymbeline:" " The female fays shall haunt the green, " And dress...lend his little aid, " With hoary moss and gather'd ftow'rs, " To deck the ground where thou art laid." No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 512 pages
...pearly dew ; The red-bread oft at evening liourj '•bull kindly lend his little aid, With hoary mofs, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou...art laid. When howling winds, and beating rain, In temperts (hake thy fylvan cell ; Or 'midd the chace on every plain, The tender thought on thee fhall... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...Superstitions of the Highland it * The beautiful and tender imagery in a stanza of this little dirgi The Red-breast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss and gathered flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid. has been so much a favorite with the poets... | |
 | William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 198 pages
...the breathing Spring. i No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove, But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own...Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gather' d flowers, To deck the ground where thou art When howling winds, and beating rain, In tempests... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 488 pages
...this quiet grove; But shepherd lads assemble here. And melting virgins own their love. No wither' 'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly...Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gather'djlowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid. When howling winds, and beating rain, In tempests... | |
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Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove: But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting... 
