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" O'erhang his wavy bed : Now air is hushed, save where the weak-eyed bat With short, shrill shriek, flits by on leathern wing ; Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim borne in... "
Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight - Page 573
by Half hours - 1847
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The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins

William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 206 pages
...thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales, O Nymph reserv'd ! while now the bright-hair'd suu 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...
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The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins

William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 198 pages
...own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales, O Nymph reserv'd ! while now the bright-hair'd SUB Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With...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...
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The poetical works of William Collins, with the comm. of Langhorne. To which ...

William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...brawling springs, » Thy springs, and dying gales ; 0 Nymph reserv'd, while now the bright-hair'd sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With...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 the...
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The Poetical Works of William Collins

William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 168 pages
...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, With...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...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 2

John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...own 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...ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed : Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat, With short shrill shriek, flits by on leathern wing; Or where...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...springs , Thy springs , and dying gales , O Nymph reserv'd , while now the bright hair'd SUB Sits on yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts With brede ethereal wove , O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd , save where the -weak-eyed bat, With short shrill shrieks flits by on leathern wing, Or where...
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The Beauties of English Poetry: Selected from the Most Esteemed ..., Volume 2

Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 176 pages
...own 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 ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed: Kow air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat, With short shrill shriek, flits by on leathern wing;...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...own 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...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 the...
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The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance; Interspersed with Some Pieces ..., Volume 3

Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1806 - 480 pages
...during the noon-day heat, loving best the hour when the Eiiglish beetle, with less offensive sound, " winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum*." The travellers crossed the Arno by. moon-light, at a ferry, and learning that. Pisa...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...brawling springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; D nymph reserv'd, while now the bright-hatr'd sun fits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts. With brede...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...
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