No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove: But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No withered witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew; The female fays shall haunt the green,... The Poetical Works of William Collins - Page 78by William Collins - 1804 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Collins, John Langhorne - 1765 - 208 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 348 pages
...crew; Tfhe female fays fliall haunt the green, And drcfs thy grave with 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. ' ••• Wh«n When howling... | |
 | William Collins, John Langhorne - 1781 - 200 pages
...nightly crew ; The female fays fhall haunt the green, And drcfs thy grave with 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... | |
 | 1783 - 360 pages
...crew ; The female Fays fhall haunt the green. And drefs thy grave with 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 270 pages
...crew ; The female fays fhall haunt the green, And drefs thy grave with 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 When howfing winds, and Dealing... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Joseph Rann - 1789 - 718 pages
...crew: The female fays Jhall haunt the green, And drejs thy grave with pearly dew. IV. The red-breajl oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary mojs, and gatbefd flowers, TO deck the ground where tbou, art laid, V. When howling winds, and beating... | |
 | 1794 - 958 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... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 990 pages
...tragedy of Julius Cerfar. t Ciriolanui. See -ITr. 'fence's dialogue on tbe Otly/e): 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 tbou art laid. When howling winds, and beating... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pages
...red-breaft oft, at ev'ning hours, Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary mofs and gather'd ftow'rs, To deck the ground where thou art laid. When howling winds and beating rain, In tempefts, fhake the fylvan cell, Or 'midft the chafe, on ev'ry plain, The tender thought on thee fhall... | |
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