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" Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note... "
La Belle Assemblée - Page 20
1810
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Paradise lost, a poem. With the life of the author [by E. Fenton].

John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...prophets old i Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numhers; as the wakeful hird Sinffs darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Se isnns return; hut not to me returns D ^y, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight iif vernal...
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Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711

John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Mzonides, 35 And Tiresas and Phineus prophets old : Then feed on thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers...covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year 40 Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...withdraws, I am to haste Homeward. Milton. SHA'DY. adj. [from shade."] i. Full of shade ; mildly gloomy. The wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. J^Tihom. , Stretch'd at ease you sing your happy loves, And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. Dryden....
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Mseonides, And 1'iresias, and Phineas, prophets old; Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers...nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach ofev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Mzonides, 35 And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old : '1 hen feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers...covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year 40 Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal...
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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ..., Volume 1

Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...the line into very unequal portions: such as that after the first, anil before the Uit semipede. .... thus with the year Seasons return, hut not to me returns Day" or the sweet approach of even or morn. Here the cwsura after the first semipedo 7%, itopi us unexpectedly,...
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Paradise Lost, and the Fragment of a Commentary upon it by William Cowper

William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias, and Phirteue, prophets old: Then feed on droughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful...nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return: but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal Wooro, or swnjner's...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...them in renown, Blind Thamyris, ami blind Ma;onides, And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers...shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with Ihe year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight...
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Life of Francis Beaumont. Life of John Fletcher. Prefaces. Commendatory ...

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...bird, from her near resemblance to his own circumstances. ' Who fed on thoughts that voluntary mov'd ' Harmonious numbers, as the wakeful bird ' Sings darkling,...in shadiest covert hid ' Tunes her nocturnal note.' Seicard. Virgil's simile is also translated in one of Lee's Tragedies. ''" Our great fnemy.] The wolf....
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 2

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...bird, from her near resemblance to his own circumstances. ' Who fed on thoughts that voluntary mov'd ' Harmonious numbers, as the wakeful bird ' Sings darkling,...shadiest covert hid • Tunes her nocturnal note.' SeuiarJ, Virgil's simile is also translated in o:ia of Lte'* Tragedies '° Our"grcut tntny.] The wolf....
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