...soothe thy modest ear, Like thy own brawling springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; 0 nymph reserved, while now the bright-hair'd sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brcde ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed : Now air is InisliM, save where the weak-eyed bat, With...

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

...regions more bright than earth. Mm. HEUAICI. ODE TO EVENING. If ought of oaten (top, or pastoral umg, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear, Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gale* ; Oh, nymph reserv'd, while now the brightened lun Bit* in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirt*,...

...own modest springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O nymph reserved, while now the bright-haired suu Sits in yon western tent whose cloudy skirts, With...ethereal wove, 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...

...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 reserv'd,...Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With braid ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed : Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-ey'd bat, With...

...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 reserv'd,...Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With braid ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed : Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-ey'd bat, With...

...the most exquisite morsels of this species of composition in English literature. ODE TO EVENING. "If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste...solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales; " O nymph reserved ! while now the bright-haired sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede...

...— " May hope, О pensive Eve, to soothe thy ear, tike thy own brawling springs ; " in Dodsley — " May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear. Like thy own solemn springs." Now how does "chaste" apply particularly to Eve ? and surely, if she was chaste, there was no need...

...have been vindicated from the neglect or aspersions of their contemporaries. ODE TO EVENING. If anght of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste...solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O nymph rescrv'd, while now the bright-hair'd Sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede1...