 Whatever decks the velvet field, Whate'er the circling seasons yield, Whatever buds, whatever blows, For thee it buds, for thee it grows. Nor yet art thou the peasant's fear, To him thy friendly notes are dear; For thou art mild as matin dew, And still,...  Odes of Anacreon - Page 156by Anacreon - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Anacreon - Odes, Greek - 1800 - 304 pages
...thy friendly notes are dear ; For thou art mild as matin dews, And ever, when the summer hues Begin to paint the bloomy plain, We hear thy sweet, prophetic...strain we hear, And bless the notes and thee revere ! And chirp thy song with such a glee, &c.~\ " Some authors have affirmed (says Madame Dacier), that... | |
 | Anacreon - Classical literature - 1804 - 310 pages
...it buds, for thee it grows. Nor yet art thou the peasant's fear, To him thy friendly notes are dear; For thou art mild as matin dew, And still, when summer's...bloomy plain, We hear thy sweet, prophetic strain ; See what Licetus says about grasshoppers, cap. 93 and 185. And chirp thy song with such a glee, &c.]... | |
 | John Aikin - 1807 - 692 pages
...dew that morning drops, And chirp thy song with such a glee, That happiest kings may envy thee ! " The Muses love thy shrilly tone, Apollo calls thee all his own ; 'Twas he who gave that voice to thee, 'Tis he who tunes thy minstrelsy." The town of Cataro is the... | |
 | Anacreon - 1820 - 196 pages
...note is originally Heury Stephen's ; but I chose rather to make Madame Dacier my authority for it. For thou art mild as matin dew, And still, when summer's flowery hue Begius to paint the bloomy plain, We hear thy sweet prophetic strain ; Thy sweet prophetic strain we... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1822 - 578 pages
...it buds, for thee it grows. Hot yet art thou the peasant's fear, To him thy friendly notes are dean For thou art mild as matin dew, And still, when summer's...love thy shrilly tone; Apollo calls thee all his own; 'Twas be who gave Ibat voice to thee, 'Tis he who tunes thy minstrelsy. Unworn by age's dim decline,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 378 pages
...buds, for thee it grows. Nor yet art thou the peasant's fear, To him thy friendly notes are dear ; For thou art mild as matin dew, And still, when summer's...strain we hear, And bless the notes and thee revere I The Muses love thy shrilly tone ; Apollo calls thee all his own ; grasshoppers happy in having dumb... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 332 pages
...huds, for thee it grows, Xor yet art thou the peasant's fear, To him thy friendly notes are dear ; For thou art mild as matin dew, And still, when summer's flowery hue Begins to paint the hloomy plain, We hear thy sweet prophetic strain ; Thy sweet prophetic strain we hear, And hless the... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1829 - 456 pages
...are dear ; For thon art mild as matin dew, Anil still, when summer's llowcry hue Begins to paint tbc bloomy plain, We hear thy sweet prophetic strain ; Thy sweet prophetic strain we hear, And bless tbc notes and tliec revere ! The Muses love thy shrilly tone; Apollo calls thee all his own; T was... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1829 - 470 pages
...friendly notes are dear; Кот thou art mild us matin dew, And Mill, when summer's flowery hue Bf£in» to paint the bloomy plain, We hear thy sweet prophetic strain ; Thy tweet prophetic strain we hear, And bleu the notes and thec revere ! The MUST« love thy shrilly tone;... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Mythology - 1832 - 128 pages
...changed ' 4. How did the ancients consider the grasshopper ? Repeat the verses Irani lated from Anacreon. And still, when summer's flowery hue Begins to paint...love thy shrilly tone, Apollo calls thee all his own, 'Twag he who gave that voice to thee, 'Tis he who tunes thy minstrelsy. Unworn by age's dim decline,... | |
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