...versification. The sounds steal slowly over the ear, like the gradual coming on of evening itself: " If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song May hope,...own solemn springs, Thy springs and dying gales, O nyaiph reserv'd, while now the bright-haired sun Sits on yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts With...

...mind," and his allegory is as sensible to the heart as it is visible to the fancy. ODE TO EVENING. IF aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope,...solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O nymph reserv'd, while now the bright-hair'd sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede...

...mind," and his allegory is as sensible to the heart as it is visible to the fancy. ODE TO EVENING. IP aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste...solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O nymph reserv'd, while now the bright-hair'd sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede...

...own brawling springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O Nymph reserv'd, while now the bright-hair'd sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts,...ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed : Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-ey'd bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing ; Or where...

...Harting's cottag'd vale Shall learn the sad repeated tale, And bid her shepherds weep, ODE TO EVENING. Ir aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste...solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O nymph reserv'd, while now the bright-hairM Sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede...

...oaten stopy'or pastoral song, May hope, O pensive Eve, to sooth thine ear 1 , Like thy own brawling springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O nymph reserved, while now the bright-hair'd Sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede etherial wove, O'erhang...

...versification. The sounds steal slowly over the ear, like the gradual coming on of evening itself:— " If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song May hope,...solemn springs, Thy springs and dying gales, O nymph reserv'd, while now the bright-haired sun Sits on yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts With brede...

...solemn springs, Thy spriugs, and dying gales, O Nymph reserv'd, while now the bright-hair'd sun Sits on yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed : Now air is bush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat, With short shrill shrieks flits by on leathern wing, Or where...

...His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant hours, and elves Who slept in buds the day, • May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear, Like thy own solemn springs, &c. Langfarmi edit. And many a nymph who wreaths her brows with sedge, And sheds the freshening dew,...

...of oaten stop or pastoral song May hope, O pensive Eve, to soothe thine ear*, Like thy own brawling springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O nymph reserved, while now the bright-hair'd Sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede ethereal wove, O'erhang...