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" With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing; Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum: Now teach me, maid composed, To breathe some softened strain,... "
Report to the Trustees of the Dick Bequest for the Benefit of the Parochial ... - Page 325
1844
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The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins

William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 198 pages
...teach me, Maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing thro' thy dark'ning vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit, As musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return ! For when thy folding-star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant...
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The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins

William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 206 pages
...teach me, Maid compos'd, 1 To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing thro' thy dark'ning vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit, As musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return ! For when thy folding-star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant...
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The poetical works of William Collins, with the comm. of Langhorne. To which ...

William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...aside the foppery of rhyme ; " Now teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy darkening vale, May not...stillness suit, As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return !" But whatever were the numbers, or the versification of this ode, the imagery and enthusiasm...
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The Poetical Works of William Collins

William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 168 pages
...aside the foppery of rhyme ; " Now teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy darkening vale, May not...stillness suit, As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return !" But whatever were the numbers, or the versification of this ode, the imagery and enthusiasm...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...teach me, maid compos'd ! To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing thro' thy dark'ning vale May not unseemly with its stillness suit, As musing slow I hail Thy genial lov'd return : For when thy folding-star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...maid compost. To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thydark'ning vale, Slay not unseemly with its stillness suit ; As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return ! For when thy holding-star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lump The fragrant...
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The cabinet of poetry, containing the best entire pieces in the works of the ...

Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...pilgrim borne in heedless hum : Now teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy darkening vale, May not...stillness suit, As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return ! For when thy folding star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some softened strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy dark'ning vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit, As musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return For when thy folding star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warming lamp The fragrant...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...'midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum ; Now teach me, maid compos'd, Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May...stillness suit ; As musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return! For when thy holding-star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant...
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The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thy dark'ning vate, May pot unseemly with its stillness suit ; As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lovM return ! For when thy folding-star arising shews His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant...
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