 | John Keats - English poetry - 1863 - 496 pages
...drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains ' One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : "Pis not through envy of thy happy lot, ; But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 438 pages
...drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : 'T is not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green,... | |
 | Ewald Standop - American poetry - 1995 - 172 pages
...I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe- wards had sunk: Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too...numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease. ( l ff. ) Kohäsion und Kohärenz. Die Zeilen l -4 bilden eine gut verständliche Eröffnung. Sie setzen... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too...melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singcst of summer in full-throated ease. 10 O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cool'da long... | |
 | John Keats, Robert Gittings - Literary Collections - 1995 - 324 pages
...I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: 5 Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too...melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, 10 Singest of summer in full-throated ease. 2 O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cool'da long... | |
 | Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe- wards had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being...numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease. This nonce stanza, repeated eight times in the poem, seems descended from the irregularity of the pseudo-Pindaric... | |
 | Eric Partridge - Reference - 1997 - 406 pages
...thy happiness That thou, light- winged dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot 241 POETS' LICENCE Of beechen green and shadows numberless Singest of summer in full-throated ease. It may be mentioned first that the idea of emptying ...to the drains is too suggestive of the kitchen-sink;... | |
 | Mary Oliver - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 212 pages
...hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too...numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease. II O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cool'da long age in the deep-delved earth, Tasting of... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,— That thou, light- winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless,... | |
 | Merriam-Webster, Inc - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 454 pages
...hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot. But being too happy in thine happiness, — That thou, light winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest... | |
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MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, > Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,... 
