 He led me through his gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May dews my wings were wet. And Phoebus fir'd my vocal rage; He caught me in his silken net, And shut me in his golden cage. He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing,...  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 231865Full view - About this book
 | 1875 - 844 pages
...fair Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus fi red my vocal rage ; He caught me in his silken net, And...out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty. WILLIAM BLAKE. [From The Transcript.] WHEN THE SONG'S GONE OUT OF YOUR LIFE. " When the song's gone... | |
 | 1875 - 782 pages
...golden pleasures grow. •' With sweet May-dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus fired my Tocal rage ; Ho caught me in his silken net, And shut me in his golden cags. " He lores to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sporta and plays with m< : Then stretches... | |
 | Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1876 - 1012 pages
...fair Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus fired my vocal rage; He caught me in his silken net And...stretches out my golden wing And mocks my loss of liberty. Like the others of these Sketches, this does not give us the full and ripe quality of the man ; but... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1876 - 466 pages
...fair Where all his golden treasures grow. " With sweet May-dews my wings were wet, And Phccbus fired my vocal rage ; He caught me in his silken net, And...hear me sing, Then laughing, sports and plays with mo ; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty." These early poems also include... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - English poetry - 1878 - 332 pages
...fair Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus fired my vocal rage ; He caught me in his silken net, And...out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty. W. Blake. TO NANCY. O NANCY wilt thou go with me, Nor sigh to leave the flaunting town? Can silent... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 pages
...fair Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus fired my vocal rage ; He caught me in his silken net, And...out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty. W. Blake. 236 TO NANCY. TO NANCY. O NANCY wilt thou go with me, Nor sigh to leave the flaunting town?... | |
 | Mortimer Collins - Authors, English - 1879 - 270 pages
...May-dews my wings were wet, And Phcebus fired my vocal rage : He caught me in his silken net, And sKut me in his golden cage. " He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then laughing, sits and plays with me ; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty." At fourteen,... | |
 | Alexander Gilchrist - 1880 - 550 pages
...pride, Till I the prince of Love beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide ! *T. 10—13.l CHILDHOOD. 1 1 He shew'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses...out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty. This may surely be reckoned equal precocity to that so much lauded of Pope and Cowlcy. It is not promise,... | |
 | Alexander Gilchrist - Artists - 1880 - 518 pages
...gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my wings were wet, And Phrebus fir'd my vocal rage ; He caught me in his silken net,...out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty. This may surely be reckoned equal precocity to that so much lauded of Pope and Cowlcy. It is not promise,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 642 pages
...fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my wings were wet, And Phcebus fired my vocal rage ; He caught me in his silken net, And...out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty, SONG. My silks and fine array, My smiles and languished air, By love are driven away ; And mournful... | |
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