 You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own ; What are you when the rose is blown?  Shelburne Essays: Fifth series - Page 240by Paul Elmer More - 1908 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 324 pages
...itars, &C. " You meaner beauties of the night, " That poorly satisfy our eyes, " More by your number than your light ; " You common people of the skies, " What are you when the sun shall rise ?" Athens now feels the fury of my heat ; A pow'r like their's, divided, can't be great... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...proud virgins of the year, As if the Spring were all your own, What are you when the rofe is blown ? Ye curious chanters of the wood, That warble forth dame nature's lays, Thinking your paffions underftood By your weak accents, what's your praife When Philomel her voice doth raife ? So,... | |
 | 1797 - 614 pages
...of Bohemia." " You meaner beantiss of the night t That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies, — What are you when the sua shall rise ? " You curious chanters of the wood, That warble forth Dame Nature's lays, Thinking... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...Dictionary. SONNET. You meaner beau'ies of the night, Which poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies, What are you, wheu the sun doth rise ? Ye violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known, Like the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 456 pages
...insertion : " You meaner beauties of the night, " That poorly satisfy our eyes, " More by your number than your light, " You common people of the skies, " What are you when the sun shall rise ?" Johnson. " Micat inter omnes " Julium sidus, velut inter ignes " Luna minores." Hor.... | |
 | Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 208 pages
...into Holy Orders. You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light— You common people of the skies! What are you when the sun shall rise ? You curious chaunters of the wood, That warble forth dame Nature's lays, You violets... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 460 pages
...insertion : "You meaner beauties of the night, " That poorly satisfy our eyes, " More by your number than your light, " You common people of the skies, " What are you when the sun shall rise ?" jfohnton. " — — Micat inter omnes " Julium sidus, velut inter ignes "Lunaminores."... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1807 - 514 pages
...number than your light, " You common people of the ikies, " What are you when the tun ihall rife? " You curious chanters of the wood, " That warble forth dame Nature's lays, " Thinking your voices underftood " By your weak accents; what's your praife, " when. Philomel her voice ihall raiie?... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...WOTTON. SONNET. YOU meaner beauties of the night* Which poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light. You common people of the skies, What are you when the sun doth rise? Ye violets lhat first appear, By your pure purple mantles known, Like the prood virgins... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...lesson taught you here, — Ah ! hapless maid of Buttermere. XVII. MY MISTRESS. BY COWPER. 1 YE minor beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes...common people of the skies, What are you when the sun shall rise ? 2 Ye curious chaunters of the wood, That warble forth dame Nature's lays, Thinking... | |
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