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ODE TO THE NIGHTINGALE.
1 O Thou, that to the moon-light vale
2 Warblest oft thy plaintive tale,
3 What time the village murmurs cease,
4 And the still eye is hush'd to peace,
5 When now no busy sound is heard,
6 Contemplation's favourite bird!
7 Chauntress of Night, whose amorous song
8 First heard the tufted groves among,
9 Warns wanton Mabba to begin
10 Her revels on the circled green,
11 Whene'er by meditation led,
12 I nightly seek some distant mead,
13 A short repose of cares to find,
14 And soothe my love-distracted mind,
15 O fail not then, sweet Philomel,
16 Thy sadly-warbled woes to tell;
17 In sympathetic numbers join
18 Thy pangs of luckless love with mine!
19 So may no swain's rude hand infest
20 Thy tender young, and rob thy nest;
21 Nor ruthless fowler's guileful snare
22 Lure thee to leave the fields of air,
23 No more to visit vale or shade,
24 Some barbarous virgin's captive made.
About this text
Author: Joseph Warton
Themes:
animals; music
Genres:
ode
References:
DMI 32523
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Source edition
Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. II. [The second edition]. London: printed for G. Pearch, 1770, pp. 255-256. 4v. ; 8⁰. (ESTC T116245; DMI 1135; OTA K093079.002) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [(OC) 280 o.789].)
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- ODE occasion'd by Reading Mr. WEST'S Translation of PINDAR. ()
- ODE TO A GENTLEMAN UPON HIS TRAVELS THROUGH ITALY. ()
- ODE TO A LADY WHO HATES THE COUNTRY. ()
- ODE to FANCY. ()
- ODE TO HEALTH. WRITTEN ON A RECOVERY FROM THE SMALL-POX. ()
- ODE TO LIBERTY. ()
- ODE TO SOLITUDE. ()
- ODE TO SUPERSTITION. ()
- The Revenge of AMERICA. ()
- STANZAS written on taking the Air after a long Illness. ()
- VERSES Written at MOUNTAUBAN in FRANCE, 1750. ()