...touching in a most affecting manner on his own sad state. It is worthy of being given entire— ' My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...through envy of thy happy lot. But being too happy in thine happiness— That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,...

...gathering swallows twitter in the skie« TO THE NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pain* My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied...through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen...

...of the Poet's song, and not the Nightingale's. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute passed, and Lethe-wards had sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine...

...SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDUK. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. My heart nches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, ns though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-ward sunk : "Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, Than...

...has possessed a more graphic pen. His processions not only live, they move. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past and Lethe-ward had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness,...

...song, Like tipsy joy that reels with tossing head. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDOE. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-ward sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, Than...

...TO A NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, ns though of hemlock I hud drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-ward sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, Than...

...would that hand appear, And o'er my eyes the trembling moisture shake. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. 1. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the treea, 2. 0 for a draught of vintage, that hath been Cool'd a. long age in the deep-delved earth, Tasting...

...fair hath made ; All other fair, like flowers untimely fade. SPENSER. o 2 ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense,...But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-wing'd Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest...

...has possessed a more graphic pen. His processions not only live, they move. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drank, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : 'Tis not...