...woods and desert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no...soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose, Or taint-worn to the weanling herds that graze, Or frost to flowers that their gay wardrobe wear When...

...woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme and gadding vine o'er-grown, And all their echoes, mourn: The willows, and the hazel copses green, Shall now...shepherd's ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas? [deep For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your...

...Arabic author. We did not then recollect the following verses of Milton, The willows and the hazle copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. Lycidas, 42. The simile of the moon among the stars in the same place, we have since found in the Nibelungen...

...woods and desert caves, With wild thiroe and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes, mourn. The willows, and the hazel copses green, Shall now no more be seen Faaning their joyous leaves to thy .-.ft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose, Or taint-worm...

...thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes, mourn; The willows, and the hazel-copses green, Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous...ear. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old...

...woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes, mourn : The willows, and the hazel copses green, Shall now...ear. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream : Ah me ! I fondly...

...woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes, mourn : The willows, and the hazel copses green, Shall now...the white-thorn blows ; Such, Lycidas, thy loss to shepherds' ear. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved...

...woods, and desert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes, mourn : 40 d His hostile breath through the dry rafters sent, The flames impell'd Lycidos, thy loss to shepherds' ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the...

...woods, and desert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes mourn. 4i The willows, and the hazel copses green, Shall now...taint-worm to the weanling herds that graze, Or frost to flow'rs, that their gay wardrobe wear, When first the white-thorn blows ; Such, Lycidas, thy loss to...

...with him whose death comes with the chilling winds of March. As killing as the canker to the rose, Or frost to flowers that their gay wardrobe wear When first the white thorn blows — Such, Lycidas, thy loss ! Moore the poet is dead ! Why do we grieve so much to...