 Tempe's vale, her native maids, Amidst the festal sounding shades, To some unwearied minstrel dancing, While, as his flying fingers kissed the strings, Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound ; And...  Studies from the English Poets - Page 362by George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 519 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...best. They would have thought, who heard the strain, They saw, in Tempi's vale, her native maids, Amid the festal sounding shades, To some unwearied minstrel...were her tresses seen, her zone unbound ; And he, amid his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odors from his dewy wings.... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...entrancing voice he loved the best ; They would have thought who heard the strain, They saw in Tempe's vale her native maids, Amidst the festal sounding...sphere-descended maid, Friend of pleasure, wisdom's aid, Why, goddess, why, to us denied, Layst thou thy ancient lyre aside ? As in that loved Athenian bower,... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...entrancing voice he loved the best; They would have thought who heard the strain They saw in Temple's vale, her native maids, Amidst the festal sounding...sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid ! Why, goddess ! why, to us denied, Lay'st thou thy ancient lyre aside ! As, in that loved Athenian... | |
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...shades, To some unwearied minstrel dancing. While as his flying fingers kiss'd the strings, Love, fram'd with mirth, a gay fantastic round. Loose were her...repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings. OROONOKO ON MEETING IMOINDA. IMOINDA, Oh ! this separation * Has made you dearer, if it can be so,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 350 pages
...thought, who heard the strain, They saw in Tempi's vale her native maids, Amid the ''" festal-sounding shades, To some unwearied + minstrel dancing, While,...were her tresses seen, her zone unbound), And he, amid his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand + odors from his dewy wings.... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...entrancing voice he loved the best : They would have thought, who heard the strain, They saw, in Tempe's vale, her native maids, Amidst the festal sounding...repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings. Where is thy native simple heart, Devote to Virtue, Fancy, Art? Arise, aa in that elder time, Warm,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...entrancing voice he loved the best. They would have thought, who heard the strain. They saw in Tempe's vale her native maids, Amidst the festal sounding...if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odors from his dewy wings. COLLINS 107. The Distressed Father, HENRY NEWBERRY, a lad of thirteen years,... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pages
...thought, who heard the strain. They saw in Tempe's vale her native maids Amidst the festal-sounding shades, To some unwearied minstrel dancing, While,...repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings. COLLINS. THE PLAINS OF MARATHON. WHERE'ER we tread, 'tis haunted, holy ground ! No earth of thine is... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 pages
...vale, her native maids, Amidst the festal sounding shades, To some unwearied minstrel dancing. 7 • While, as his flying fingers kissed the strings, Love...if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odors from his dewy wings. O Music ! sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid ! Why,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - 1854 - 354 pages
...While, as his flying fingers kiss'd the strings, Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : so Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound ; And...sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid ! Why, goddess, why to us denied ? Lay'st thou thy ancient lyre aside ? As in that loved Athenian bower,... | |
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