 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 334 sivua
...whifpering winds loon lull'd afleep. Towred L ' ALLEGR O. 105 Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, 120 With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judt;= the prize Of wit, or arms, while... | |
 | John Milton - 1782 - 40 sivua
...rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, 1 1 5 By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Towred cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, 120 With store of kdies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, whil... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 sivua
...bed they creep, By whifpering winds foon lull'd afleep. Tow'red cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
 | John Milton - 1785 - 698 sivua
...evening. THEN is in this line a repetition of the firft THEN. " Then to the fpicy nut-brown And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights, and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, 120 "ale," v. 100. Afterwards, we have another THEN, with the fame fenfe and reference, "THEN to the... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 sivua
...streteh' d out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And erop-full out of doors he flings, ,,.'..' Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they ereep, Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 sivua
...earlier feafon lead, To the tann'd hay-cock in the mead; Tow'red cities pleafe us then, • And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold ; With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyei Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789 - 484 sivua
...bed they creep, By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd afleep. Tow'red cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prixe Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 sivua
...they creep, 1 1 $ By whifpering winds foon lull'd afleep, Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, • The native belraan of the night, The bird that warned Peter of his fall, firft RINGS HIS SILVER... | |
 | 1793 - 376 sivua
...creep, By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd afleep. 116 Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufie humm of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With flore of ladies, whofe bright eies 121 Rain influence, and judge the prife Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
 | 1810 - 700 sivua
...lias been too long abused. From these rustic fiction« we are transported to another species of hum. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of...knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs holï, With stire sfljAei, whose bright eyej Rt in ¡rßumcf, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while... | |
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When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full... 
