 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...viii. The shepherds on the lawn Or e'er the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in a rustic row; &c — Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep. But in fact they, " who kept " watch over their flocks by " night," had no cause to tell the tale of... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...in his Christmas Hymn very improperly confounds Pan with Jesus Christ in the following lines : — The Shepherds on the Lawn, Or ere the point of dawn, Sat sitting chattering in a rustic row, Full little thought they then That the mighty Pan Was kindly come... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...should need ; He saw a greater sun appear Than his bright throne, or burning axletree could bear. 8. The shepherds on the lawn, Or ere the point of dawn,...Was all that did their silly thoughts, so busy keep. 9. When such music sweet Their hearts and ears did greet, As never was by mortal finger strook, Divinely-warbled... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 476 pages
...sinfull eyes hath vail'd his light, " And faintlie iourneys vp heavens sapphire path." TODD. Ver. 89. That the mighty Pan, Was kindly come to live with them below;] That is, with the shepherds on the lawn. So in Spenser's May, which Milton imitates in Lycidas. Again,... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...more should need: He saw a greater Sun appear Than his bright throne, or burning axletree, could bear. The shepherds on the lawn, Or ere the point of dawn,...Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep. UPON THE CIRCUMCISION. YE flaming powers, and winged warriors bright, That erst with music, and triumphant... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...should need : He saw a greater sou appear Than his hright throne, or hurning axletree, could hear. The shepherds on the lawn, Or ere the point of dawn,...That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them helow; Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, \Vas all that did their silly thoughts so husy keep.... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...should need : He saw a greater sun appear Than his bright tbrone, or burning axletrce, could bear. The shepherds on the lawn, Or ere the point of dawn,...That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them titiow; Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep,Was all that did their silly thoughts eobusy keep.... | |
 | Harriet Morton (author of Protestant vigils.) - 1829 - 626 pages
...us to he, Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay. The shepherds on the lawn, Or ere the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in a rustic row ; When such music sweet Their hearts and ears did greet, As never was by mortal finger strook ; Divinely-warbled... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...What fainting hopes are in a lover. The Primrose. — Hesperides. THE shepherds on the lawn, Or e'er the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in a rustic...Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep. Christmas Ode. Jfr THE Temple shakes, the sounding gates unfold, Wide vaults appear, and roofs of fretted... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...[bear. Than his bright throne, or burning axletree could VIII. The shepherds on the lawn, as Or e'er the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in a rustic...mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below ; 90 Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.... | |
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That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below ; Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep. 
