| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 410 pages
...filent fhade, For the hiodeft Mufes made, fvo oft I have, the evening ftill, At the fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood,, Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe, from hill to hill,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 370 pages
...filent fhade, For the modeft Mufes made, So oft I have, -the evening ftill, At the fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe, from hill to hill,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 362 pages
...filent (hade, For the raodeft Mules, made, So oft I have, the evening ftill, At the fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head ; 'While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood, .From houfe to houfe, from hill to hill,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 368 pages
...filent /hade, Fer the mod*ft Mufee made, 4 So oft I have, the evening ftill, At the fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flowery be'd, With my hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's floo«i, Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe, from hill to hill,... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 270 pages
...filent (hade, For the modeft Mufes made, So oft I have, the evening (till, At the fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe, from hill to hill*... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 418 pages
...shade, -For the modest Muses made, So oft I have, the evening still, At the fountain of a rill, • Sat upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head; While stray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood, From house to house, from hill to hill, Till contemplation... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...shade, For the modest Muses made, So oft I have, the evening still, At the fountain of a rill, Sat upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head ; While stray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood, From house to house, from hill to hill, Till contemplation... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...silent shade, For the modest Muses made, So oft I have, the evening still, At the fountain of a rill Sat upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head, While stray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From house to house, from hill to hill, Till Contemplation had... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...silent shade, For the modest Muses made, So oft I have, the evening still, At the fountain of a rill Sat upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head, While stray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From house to house, from hill to hill, Till Contemplation had... | |
| Select readings - 1824 - 300 pages
...shade, For the modest muses made, At the fountain of a rill, So oft I have, the evening still, Sat upon a flowery bed; With my hand beneath my head, While stray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From house to house, from hill to hill, Till Contemplation had... | |
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