...never must return! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme, and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes mourn : The willows...blows; Such, Lycidas, thy loss to shepherd's ear. * * * * * * * * Return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and...

...never must return ! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme, and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes mourn : The willows...blows ; Such, Lycidas, thy loss to shepherd's ear. * * * * * * * * Return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and...

...never must return ! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods and desert caves, 'With wild thime and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes, mourn. The willows,...Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing ns the canker to the rose, Or taint-worm to the weaning herds that graze ; Or frost to flowers, that...

...never must return ! Thee, shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes, mourn : The...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...

...Fountain. 2 So the muse is made masculine in Samson Agonistes, ver. 973. 3 Drawing towards the west. Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joyous leaves...gay wardrobe wear, When first the white-thorn blows; Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither...

...never must return ! Thee, shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes, mourn. The willows...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...

...seen, • I Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays, • As killing as the canker to the rose, 45 Or taint-worm to the weanling herds that graze, Or...thy loss to shepherd's ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep 50 .. ~ Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? „ ; . For neither...

...never must return ! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme, and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes mourn : The willows...killing as the canker to the rose, Or taint-worm to the weanling-herds that graze, Or frost to flowers, that their gay wardrobe wear, When first the white-thorn...

...Samson Agonistes, ver. 973. 3 Drawing towards the west. Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joj'ous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker...the white-thorn blows ; Such, Lycidas, thy loss to shepherds' ear. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless dec-p Closed o'er the head of your loved...

...eaves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes mourn : The willows, and hazel copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning...thy soft lays. As killing as the canker to the rose, 45 Or taint-worm to the weanling herds that graze, Or frost to flowers, that their gay wardrobe wear,...