| John Milton - 1707 - 480 pages
...foul acquaint, With thee there clad in radiant flieen, No Marchionefs, but now a Queen. SONG. SONG. On May Morning NOW the bright morning Star, Day's harbinger, Comes dancing from theEaft,and leads with her The Flow'ry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow Cowflip, and the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1752 - 268 pages
...On May-morning, he wrote, Now the bright morning-ftar, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the eaft, and leads with her .The flowery May, who from her green lap throw! The yellow cowflip, and the oa1e primrofe. Bearing.their own misfortune on the back Of fiich... | |
| Francis Fawkes - English poetry - 1763 - 268 pages
...MAY MORNING. BY MILTON. NOW the bright morning-ftar, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the eaft, and leads with her The flowery May ; who from her green lap throws The yellow cowflip, and the pale primrofe. Hail, bounteous May, that doft infpire Mirth, and youth, and warm defire... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 334 pages
...IX. SONG. ON MAY MORNING. NO W the bright morning ftar, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the eaft, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowflip, and the pale primrofe. Hail, bounteous May, that doft infpire 5 Mirth and youth and warm defire... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 890 pages
...IX. SONG. ON MAY MORNING. NO W the bright morning ftar, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the eaft, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throw* The yellow cowflip, and the pale primrofe. Hail, bounteous May, that doft infpire 5 Mirth and... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...IX. SONG. ON MAY MORNING. OW the bright morning ftar, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the eaft, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowflip, and the pale primroie. Hail, bounteous May, that doft infpire 5 Mirth and youth and warm defire;... | |
| Mr. Cresswick - 1792 - 452 pages
...beautiful fong on May morning : Now the bright morning-ftar, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the eaft, and leads with her The flowery May ; who from her green lap throws The yellow cowflip, and the pale primrofe. Hail, beauteous May, that doft infpire. Mirth, and youth, and warm... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...only inserted here, for the purpose of exhibiting one short specimen of this great master. SONG ON MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger,...cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that.dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ! Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 474 pages
...require reprinting, only the two following short specimens are given of this great master. SONG On May Morning. Now the bright Morning Star, day's harbinger,...leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throw* The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and... | |
| 1808 - 556 pages
...vocation of citing paT rallel passages, and gives us the well known lines of Milton's famous song on May morning. ' Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, ' &c. To which, however, he annexes a note, stating, that ' it has not been recollected to what poet... | |
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