 Every thing did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity. "Fie, fie, fie!  Salad for the Social - Page 382by Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 401 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...BARNFIELD. Author of several poetical volumes, published between 1594 and 1598. ADDRESS TO THE NIGHTINGALE. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made; Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring; Everything did banish moan,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 458 pages
...every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. 1 XIX. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove 2 of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring: Every... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 446 pages
...every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love.1 XIX. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove2 of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds dicT sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring:... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 pages
...in which it appears in ' The Passionate Pilgrim.' There are several variations in other copies. XIX. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...pleasant shade Which a grove • of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring : Everything did banish... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...thorny brambles and embracing bushes, As fearful of him, part ; through whom he rushes. 103. Birds. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May,...in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring ; Every thing did banish... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pages
...Music has given the early stanzas a wide celebrity, which the moral of the later ones equally deserve. As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting...in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made ; Beasts did leap and birds did sing, 'Frees did grow, and plants did spring ; Every thing did banish... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 484 pages
...every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me moYn, To live with thee and be thy love. XXI.1 As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting...in a pleasant shade, Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap and birds did sing, Trees did grow and plants did spring ; Every thing did banish moan,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...No »tab the soul can kill. [Addnuu to tlie Niglttiagak.'} As it fell upon a day, In the merry mouth of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made ; Beasts did leap, and birds did sing. Trees did grow, and plants did spnug ; Everything did banish... | |
 | Music - 1855 - 856 pages
...which Rossini, the minstrel of the south, was wont to love so well — who that has felt sympathy with 'As it fell, upon a day, In the merry month of May,' admired that masterpiece of glee and chorus, ' The chough and crow, or been moved to jollity at some... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - History - 1856 - 410 pages
...body's guest," etc., often attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh, were really written by Sylvester. Barnfield is now generally believed to be the author of the..."strong-minded woman." An old dramatist, Sir Samuel Tuke (1673) says — " He is a fool who thinks by force or skill, To turn the current of a woman's... | |
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