 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied 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, That thou, light-wing'd Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beecheu green,... | |
 | John Keats - English poetry - 1841 - 254 pages
...would that hand appear, And o'er my eyes the trembling moisture shake. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. i. MY 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 happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1841 - 894 pages
...handkerchief, — gleaning parting looks towards the quiet landscape he had delighted in — musing, as in his Ode to a Nightingale. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock 1 had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe- wards had sunk :... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...bandit's den, Are things to brood on with more ardency Than the death-day of empires. From tiitli,"., n. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy...through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
 | American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...bandit's den, Are things to brood on with more ardency Than the death-day of empires. Awn i»rfim, -«. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy...drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: "Pis not through pnvy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged... | |
 | 1842 - 544 pages
...sense, a_s though of hemlork I had drunk, Or emptied Rome dull opiate to the drama On* minute past, ami Lethe-wards had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-wingedDryad of the trees, In some melodious* plot Of beechi;ii... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...beauties; they lead us rather to regret the loss of what he mighthave done, than to admire what we possess. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. MY heart aches, and a drowsy...through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,— In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer... | |
 | English poetry - 1843 - 368 pages
...swiftness brings, When birds of paradise have lent Their plumage to his wings ? JOHN KEATS. 1796-1821. ODEE TO A NIGHTINGALE. MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness...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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...out a shout most heaven -rend ing, Conjure thee to receive our humble Pœan, Upon thy Mount Lyccan ! he thy happiness, That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...out a shout most heaven-rending, Conjure thee to receive our humble Ptean, Upon thy Mount Lycean ! hould fate command me to the farthest verge Of the...Indian mountains, or his setting beam Flames on $ Imppy lot But being too happy in thy happiness, That thou, light-winged" Dryad of the trees, In some... | |
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Ode to a Nightingale MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy... 
