 | John Milton - 1753 - 374 pages
...Compels me to diflurb your fei lini due ; For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young, tycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew i0 Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhime. He rouft not flote upon his watry bier Unwept, and welter... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never fere, I come to pluck your berries harfh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your...Lycidas, and hath not left his peer: Who would not ling for Lycidas? he knew 10 Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhime. He muft not flote upon his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...berries harfh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. £ Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels...Lycidas, and hath not left his peer: Who would not fmg for Lycidas? he l{.new jo Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhyme. He muft not flote upon his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...mellowing year. 4 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels rfce to difturb your feafon due i For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer i Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew to Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhyme. He muft not... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 512 pages
...berries harfli and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels...Lycidas! and hath not left his peer. Who would not ring for Lycidas ? he knew Himfelf to fing, and build the lofty rhime. He muft not float upon his wat'ry... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...berries harm and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter conftraint and fad occafion dear, Compels me...his peer : Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew I ! > nili -1 f to fing, and build the lofty rhyme j He muft not flote upon his watry bier Unwept,... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...berries harfh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude,. Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter conftraint and fad occafion dear, Compels me...dead, dead e're his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not kft his peer ; Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew Himfelf to, fing, and build the lofty rhyme... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...mellowing year. 5 Bitter constraint, and sad oecasion dear, Compels me to diturb your season due i For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer i Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew 10 Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhime. He must not... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never fere, I come to pluck your berries harfh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your...would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew 10 Himfelf to fmg, and build the lofty rhyme. He muft not flote upon his watry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching... | |
 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...leaves of the laurel, the myrtle and the ivy ; which laft is charafterifed before as ntwr fere. Compels Compels me to difturb your feafon due : . . ,For Lycidas...would not fing for Lycidas ? He knew 10 Himfelf to fmg, and build the lofty rhime. II. — To Jing, and build the lofty rhyme.'] Euripides fays ftill... | |
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Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear, Compels me to disturb your season due : For Lycidas* is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas ? He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. 
