 vales, where zephyrs ever play ! Ye woods, where little warblers tune their lay ! Here grant me, heaven, to end my peaceful days, And fteal myfelf from life by flow decays; Draw health from food the temperate garden yields, From fruit, or herb, the bounty...  The Works of the English Poets: Broome and Pitt - Page 50by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | 1782 - 516 pages
...Ye limpid floods! that ever murm'ring flow, Y« verdant meads! where flow'rs eternal blow, Ye lhady vales! where zephyrs ever play, Ye woods! where little warblers tune their lay. Here grant me, Heav'n, to end my peaceful daysj And fteal myfelf from life by flow decays ; Draw health from food... | |
 | Jane Cave - 1789 - 222 pages
...where cooling zephyrs play ; Ye woods, where untaught warblers tune their lay ! Here grant me, heav'n, to end my peaceful days, And fteal myfelf from life by flow decays ; With age, unknown to pain or forrow, bleft, To the dark grave retiring, as to .reft.; 'While gently... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 326 pages
...Ye limpid floods, that ever murmuring Iiow! Ye verdant meads, where flowers eternal blow! Ye fhady vales, where zephyrs ever play ! Ye woods, where little...yields From fruit, or herb, the bounty of the fields; Nor let the loaded table groan beneath Slain animals, the horrid feaft of death: With age unknown to... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 528 pages
...flowers eternal blow ! Ë'å ihady vales, where zephyrs ever phy ! ,"Óñ woods, where little waiblers tune their lay ! Here grant me, heaven, to end my peaceful days, iftnd ftcal myfclf from life by flow decays ; I?rjw health from food the temperate g irJen yields,... | |
 | Thomas Worthington Barlow - 1855 - 54 pages
...Ye limpid floods ! that ever murm'ring flow, Ye verdant meads! where flow'rs eternal blow, Ye shady vales ! where zephyrs ever play, Ye woods ! where little warblers tune their lay. Here grant me Heav'n ! to end my peaceful days, And steal myself from life by slow decays; Draw health from food... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...Ye limpid floods, that ever munn'ring flow ! Ye verdant meads, where flowers eternal blow I Ye shady vales, where zephyrs ever play ! Ye woods, where little warblers tune their lay 1 Here grant me, Heav'n, to end my peaceful days, And steal myself from life by slow decays ; With... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1877 - 402 pages
...Ye limpid floods, that ever murm'ring flow 1 Ye verdant meads, where flowers eternal blow I Ye shady vales, where zephyrs ever play ! Ye woods, where little warblers tune their lay I And steal myself from life by slow decays ; Here grant me, Heav'n, to end my peaceful days, With... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1909 - 456 pages
...Ye limpid floods that ever murmuring flow! Ye verdant meads, where flowers eternal blow ! Ye shady vales, where zephyrs ever play ! Ye woods where little warblers tune their lay. 1 Or Shenstone's description of the place of his birth: Romantic scenes of pendent hills And verdant... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1909 - 452 pages
...woods. Ye limpid floods that ever murmuring flow! Ye verdant meads, where flowers eternal blow! Ye shady vales, where zephyrs ever play! Ye woods where little warblers tune their lay. 1 Or Shenstone's description of the place of his birth: Romantic scenes of pendent hills And verdant... | |
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