...And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO EVENING. I* aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear. Like thy own solemn springs, O nymph reserv'd, while now the bright-hair'd Sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With...

...CHAP. XXV. ODE TO EVENING. IF aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to sooth thy modest ear, Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales, O Nymph preserv'd, while now the bright hair'd sun Sits on yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts With brede...

...thou again delight i [IBID.] IF aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to sooth thy modest ear, Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs,...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;...

...to Evening is not surpassed for musical effect in any language in Europe ; — ' If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe...own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales,' &c. We some time ago chanced to hear Mr. Coleridge recite the following lines, as a specimen of lyric...

...oaten stop, or pastoral song, -"- May hope, O pensive Eve, to soothe tlrine ear, Like thy own brawling springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O nymph reserv'd,...bright>hair'd sun, Sits in yon western tent, whose clondy skirts, With brede ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed : Vow air is hush'd, save where the...

...round, And all thy sons, 0 Nature, learn my tale. XXIX. ODE TO EVENING. COLLINS. IF aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe...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...

...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,...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 wino.'...

...chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest Like thy own solemn springs, [car, Thy springs, and dying gales ; 0 nymph reserv'd, while now the bright-hair'd sun Sits...skirts, With brede ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed : Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-ey'd bat [wing. With short shrill shriek flies by on leathern...

...visions arise — the lucid and transparent veil of inspired words. ODE TO EVENING. " If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song. May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe...skirts, With brede ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed : *' Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-ey'd bat, With short stirill skriek flits by on leathern...

...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 Eve, to soothe...own solemn springs, Thy springs and dying gales, O nyaiph reserv'd, while now the bright-haired sun Sits on yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts With...