 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...fpheres, Lead in fwift round the months and years. The founds and feas, with all their finny drove, 115 Now to the moon in wavering morrice move; And on the tawny fands and fhelves Trip the pert faeries and the dapper elves, By dimpled brook, and fountain brim,... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wav'ring morrice move, And, on the tawny sands and shelves, Trip the pert Fairies and the dapper Elves. 1 70 SONG. By a Woman. By dimpled brook and fountain brim The Wood-nymphs, deck' d with daisies trimy... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wav'ring morrice move, And, on the tawny sands and shelves, Trip the pert Fairies and the dapper Elves. 170 SONG. By a Woman. By dimpled brooh and fountain brim The Wood-nymphs, dtch'd with daisies trimt... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move; And on the tawny fands and (helves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. By dimpled brook and fountain brim, The wood-nymphs deck'd with dailies trim, Their merry wakes and paftimcs keep : What hath night to do with... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wav'ring morrice move, And, on the tawny sands and shelves, Trip the pert Fairies and the dapper Elves. 170 SONG. By a Woman. By dimpled brook and fountain brim The Wood-nymphs, deck'd v.<ilb daisies trim,... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...* Who, in their nightly watchful spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morris move} And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. By dimpled... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
.... A succession of short syllables gives the impression of quick motion : as, in Milton, — > While on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. The works of Homer and Virgil abound with instances of this beauty, which are so often quoted, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...spheres, jCad in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Mow to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert faeries and the dapper elves. By dimpled brook and fountain brim, The wood-nymphs deck'd wiih daisies... | |
 | John Milton - 1808 - 96 pages
...spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, 115 Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And, on the tawny sands and shelves, Trip the pert faeries and the dapper elves. By dimpled hrook and fountain hrim, The Wood-Nymphs, deck'd with daisies... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...quire, Who, in their nightly watchful spheres* Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon...And, on the tawny sands and shelves, Trip the pert faeries and the dapper elves, By dimpled brook and fountain brim, The Wood-Nymphs, deck'd with daisies... | |
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We that are of purer fire Imitate the starry quire. Who in their nightly watchful spheres Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And on the tawny sands and... 
