...had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk. 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy...thy happiness, That thou, light-winged Dryad of the treet, In some melodious plot Of beeches green, and shadows numberless, Singe8t of summer in full-throated...

...and their chancel vault, The heaven itself, is blinded throughout night. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE." My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I bad drunk. Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Letbe-wards had sunk. 'Tis...

...den, Arc things to brood on with more ardency Than the death-day of empires. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. Mr heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk ; 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too hoppy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged...

...oft would that hand appear, And o'er my eyes the trembling moisture shake. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe- wards had sunk : MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 103 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being...

...oft would that hand appear, And o'er my eyes the trembling moisture shake. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe- wards had sunk : 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,...

...had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk. 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy...happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, O for a draught of vintage, that hath been Cool'da long age in the deep. delved earth, Tasting of Flora...

...numbers. Take the following specimen, all we can afford to present : — ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. " My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...some dull opiate to the drains, One minute past, and Lethe-ward had sunk ; 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,...

...eyes the trembling mouture shake ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. 1. Mr heart aches, and a drowsy numbness paint My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied...the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk Т is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — • That thou, light-winged...

...thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,— That I Inm, light-winged Dryad of the treea, My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated...

...whistles from a garden-croft ; And gathering swallows twitter in the skies. TO THE NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Ofbeechen green,...