...! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes, mourn ; The willows, and the...blows ; Such, Lycidas, thy loss to shepherd's ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither...

...return ! Thee, shepherd, thee the woods and desert eaves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel...white-thorn blows; Such, Lycidas, thy loss to shepherd's car !" After the fine apostrophe on Fame which Phcebus is invoked to utter, the poet proceeds : —...

...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 and the hazel...wardrobe wear, When first the white-thorn blows ; Such, Lyeidas, thy loss to shepherd's ear !" After the fine apostrophe on Fame which Phoebus is invoked to...

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...be seen ^^ Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays As killing as the canker to the rose, -iU " Or taint-worm to the weanling herds that graze, Or...blows ;— Such, Lycidas, thy loss to shepherd's ear. 25 35 ,40 45 •• — •— j-» ^juipiis, when the remorseless deep so _losed o'er the head of...

...Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes, mourn. The willows, and the...blows ; Such, Lycidas, 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...

...woods, and desert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown. And all their echoes inourn. The willows, and the hazel copses green, Shall now...wardrobe wear, When first the white-thorn blows; Such, Lyeidas, thy loss to shepherd's ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the...