...Burns will stand a comparison with John Milton. " But oh, the heavy change, now them art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return ! Thee, Shepherd,...soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose, Or taint-worm to the weanling-herds that graze, Or frost to flowers, that their gay wardrobe wear, When...

...Burns will stand a comparison with John Milton. " But oh, the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return ! Thee, Shepherd,...willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more he seen, Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose, Or taint-worm...

...Burns will stand a comparison with John Milton. " But oh, the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return ! Thee, Shepherd,...willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more he seen, Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose, Or taint-worm...

...absent long, And old Damsetas4 loved to hear our song. But oh, the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return ! Thee, shepherd,...echoes mourn. The willows, and the hazel copses green, and personal allegory, and requires the same sacrifice of reasoning criticism, as the Lycidas itself....

...eaves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes mourn : The willows, and hazel copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning...thy soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose, 45 Or taint-worm to the weanling herds that graze, Or frost to flowers, that their gay wardrobe wear,...

...We well know how Echo feeds upon the sweet strains of Bion ; how, also, for the shepherd Lytidas, " the woods, and desert caves With wild thyme and the...gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes mourn." It cannot be presumed that so great a goddess is moved for the untuneful laity in such degree as for...

...long ; 35 And old Damoetas loved to hear our song. But, O, the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return! Thee, Shepherd,...caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes mourn : The willows, and hazel copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning...

...our son™. But, 0, the heavy change, now them art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return 1 Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes mourn: The willows, and hazel copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning...

...absent long ; And old Damastas loved to hear our song. But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return ! Thee, shepherd,...soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose, Or taint-worm to the weanling herds that graze, Or frost to flowers, that their gay wardrobe wear, When...

...hear our song. But, O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return 1 Thee, shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves With...soft lays, As killing as the canker to the rose, Or taint-worm to the weanling herds that graze, Or frost to flowers that their gay wardrobe wear, When...