...things de« lightful to her heart. Thus it is when the pensive spirit of the poet implores that— " Philomel will deign a song In her sweetest saddest...night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak." Does not the lovely light seem sometimes to rejoice when the blue concave is all...

...saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke, Gently o'er the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On...

...bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing. Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation; ch, In one united ardor rise to Heaven. Or if you...in every secret grove ; There let the shepherd's the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy !...

...with a beautiful and solemn melody : — tr Handel has closely copied her in the following strain — Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical — most melancholy ! 222 It is difficult to account for so small a creature as a bird making a tone as loud as some animals...

...Read it with diligence and prayer ; Search it, and you will find Him there." 120 THE NIGHTINGALE. " Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy.'' THE first and most celebrated of the tuneful tribe is the Nightingale, a small bird, seven inches in...

...bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing. Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; th once told (and wherefore should we lie?) The queen of Midas slept, and so may I. the accustom'd oak : Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy !...

...question was raised by Coleridge a century and a half ago in his criticism of Milton's well-known lines : Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy. For Coleridge no bird can be melancholy. It is man who imparts his own mood to the song ; he is sad,...

...thee bring Him who yon soars on golden Wing Guiding the Fiery wheeled Throne The Cherub Contemplation Less Philomel will deign a song In her sweetest saddest...Night While Cynthia Checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomd Oak. They are 11. 3 1-34, 37-39, 45-54, and 56-60 of // Penseroso, in The Works of John...

...number why did you answer the phone? James Thurber (1894-1%1) American humorist, illustrator The Blues Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly. Most musical, most melancholy. John Milton (1608-1674) English poet I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do....

...hypothetical being, into literary being. Again it is a play of absence, the bird unheard, the poet unseen: Sweet Bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee Chantress oft the Woods among, I woo to hear thy Even-Song; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the...