...Collins: 1721-1759. Ode to Evening. 1. If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May nope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear, Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; 2. O nymph reserved, while now the bright-haired sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts,...

...Michael Bruce. CLII ODE TO EVENING. If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear, Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O Nymph reserved, while now the bright-haired Sun 5 Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede...

...their contemporaries. ODE TO EVENING. IF aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear, Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; O nymph reserved, while now the bright-hair'd Sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede1...

...productions of British Poetry.] TF ought of oaten stop, or pastoral song, •*• May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear Like thy own 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 bredc...

...montivagis tecta j acere virûm. TO EVENING. If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales ; О Nymph reserved, — while now the bright-hair'd sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts...

...Muse of Evening, in the exquisite words of Collins. " Oh, Nymph reserved, while now the bright-haired sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts,...With brede ethereal wove, O'erhang his wavy bed—" &c. &c. 'Tis of no use. Inspiration cannot be awakened to-night. The summit of Soracte is no longer...

...turf they sleep. Warton. TO EVENING. IF ought of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear, Like thy own solemn springs,...reserv'd, while now the bright-hair'd sun Sits in yon eastern tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede etherial wove, 9. Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eye'd...

...effects compensates for the lack of rhyme: If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear, Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales, O nymph reserved, while now the bright-haired sun Sits in yon western tent, . . . Collins' career petered out...

...emphasise it would be to destroy the poem. "If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear, Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs and dying gales ; O nymph reserved, while now the bright-hair'd sun Sits in yon western tent, whose cloudy skirts, With brede...

...evening, slows and draws out his musings. If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear. Like thy own solemn springs Thy springs and dying gales O nymph reserved, while now . . . Instead of hastening some eclipsing power, or leaping into a fuller present,...