 There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream: Sabrina is her name: a virgin pure; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father Brute. She, guiltless damsel, flying the...  Age of Chivalry; Or, King Arthur and His Knights - Page 17by Thomas Bulfinch - 1900 - 405 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Melibceus old I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with...Severn stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; 8i6 Whilome she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the scepter from his father Brute. She guiltless... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Melibceus old I learn'd, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with...guiltless damsel, flying the mad pursuit Of her enraged stepdam Guendolen, Commended her fair innocence to the flood, That stay'd her flight with his cross-flowing... | |
 | George William Manby - 1802 - 362 pages
...'twas the celebrated SABRINA, of whom the fabulated story is thus penned by the immortal MILTON : " There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, " That with moist curb sways the smooth Severne stream. '• SABRINA is her name, a virgin pure; " Whilome she was the daughter of Locrine,... | |
 | J. T. Barber - 1803 - 436 pages
...Severn swift, gnilty of maiden blood;" but in the Mask of Comus he enters fully into her sad story : " There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, " That-...Severn stream: " Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; " Whilome she was the daughter of Locrine, " That had the scepter from his father Brute. " She, guiltless... | |
 | John Milton - 1808 - 96 pages
...as he styles Which once of Melibceiis old I learnt, Thesoothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream, 325 Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrin«, That had the scepter... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of MelilxEusoid I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with...stream , Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure; Whilom she wastlie daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father brute. Stic, guiltless damsel, flying... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Mclibceus old I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smoothSevern stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...may be us'd, Which once of Melibteus old I learnt, The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains. There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smoothSevern stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 634 pages
...is the quantity of flies that are in it ; for the said Sieur Rousseau has assured me, that the head Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, of these flies, put into spirit of wine, makes the most beautiful red imaginable ; and that it was... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 622 pages
...the quantity of flies that are in it; for the said Sieur Rousseau has assured me, that the head o 2 Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, of these flies, put into spirit of wine, makes the most beautiful red imaginable ; and that it was... | |
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