...Milton, in his beautiful poem, II Penseroso, describes it in the following lines of poetic excellence : " Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy eren-song." Again : — " The sweet poet of the vernal...

...heard alone ; whence the poets have always made the song of the nightingale a nocturnal serenade — Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy 1 The chauntress, oft, the woods among I woo to hear thy even-song. MILTON. and the names of several...

...ipsa referre sonos. Of her melancholy no one has given a more delightful description than Milton ; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy, Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo to hear thy evening song. So great a favourite was the nightingale...

...bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fi'ry-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In his sweetest, saddest plight Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke,...

...bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee...

...qualifying men best for this office. Hurd. Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak ; 55 - f 60 I cannot agree with Doctor Newton about this representation of Contemplation....

...golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hiss'd along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest,...While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke -Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy !...

...works. We will give an instance out of the Il Penseroso, as it is rather more particular than the rest. And the mute silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will...saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night. Sweet bird that shimn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee chauntress oft the...

...bring, Him that yon soars on «olden wing, Guiding the fiery -wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will...song, In her sweetest, saddest plight. Smoothing the nipped brow of Night, While Cyntbia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er th' accustom'd oak; Sweet bird,...

...stationed on the eastern verge of Paradise, b. xi. 120, 128. Other examples are obvious. 7*. War/on. 56. 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest,...saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night,] Compare Shakespeare, Sonnet li. and see note, PR iv. 246. As Philomel in summer's front doth sing,...