...Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustom'd oak, Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most...moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that hath been led astray ls Through the heaven's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd,...

...Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustom'd oak, Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most...moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that hath been led astray 13 Through the heaven's wide pathless way ; And ofi, as if her head she bow'd,...

...the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustom'd oak, Stoeet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical,...moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that hath been led astray 13 Through the heaven's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd,...

...the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustom'd oak, Stoeet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly. Most musical,...moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that hath been led astray l3 Through the heaven's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd,...

...Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustom'd oak, Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! " Thee, chauntress, ofi the woods among I woo to hear thy even-song : And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven...

..."whist." See note 2, p. 296. While Cynthia checks1 her dragon-yoke, Gentle o'er the accustomed oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ! Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even song ; And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the...

...of lo represent the continual revolutions of the moon, which also suggested to Milton the same idea. "To behold the wandering moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray In the heaven's wide, pathless way." — // Penseroso. 4. The Physical theory; according to which the...

...question was raised by Coleridge a century and a half ago in his criticism of Milton's well-known lines : Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy. For Coleridge no bird can be melancholy. It is man who imparts his own mood to the song ; he is sad,...

...actively addresses and "woos" their action: Sweet Bird that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musicall, most melancholy! Thee Chauntress oft the Woods among, I woo to hear thy eevn-Song . . . [61-64] This speaker does not float with loose participles; his stance is precise,...

...number why did you answer the phone? James Thurber (1894-1%1) American humorist, illustrator The Blues Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly. Most musical, most melancholy. John Milton (1608-1674) English poet I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do....