| Mark Akenside - History - 1996 - 616 pages
...the mildew from the woods, Or paint with noontide beams the buds, Or breathe on opening flowers. [30] VI. Such rites, which they with spring renew, The...hath long been mine: And hence offended with their guest, Since grief of love my soul oppress'd, [35] They hide their toils divine. VII. But soon shall... | |
| Robin Dix - Literary Collections - 2006 - 426 pages
...to solve the problem of writer's block, which has descended on him as a result of "grief of love": Such rites, which they with spring renew, The eyes...hath long been mine: And hence offended with their guest, Since grief of love my soul oppress'd. They hide their toils divine. (31-36) A further reason... | |
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