 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 页
...rare excellence, that it was, for a long time, ascribed to Shakspeare. ADDRESS TO THE NIGHTINGALE. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made ; Beasts did leap and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 页
...in which it appears in ' The Passionate Pilgrim.' There are several variations in other copies. XIX. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove • of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 页
...thorny brambles and embracing bushes, As fearful of him, part ; through whom he rushes. 103. Birds. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 484 页
...every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me moYn, To live with thee and be thy love. XXI.1 As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade, Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap and birds did sing, Trees did grow and plants did spring ; Every... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 页
...Music has given the early stanzas a wide celebrity, which the moral of the later ones equally deserve. As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made ; Beasts did leap and birds did sing, 'Frees did grow, and plants did spring... | |
 | 1855 - 856 页
...which Rossini, the minstrel of the south, was wont to love so well — who that has felt sympathy with 'As it fell, upon a day, In the merry month of May,' admired that masterpiece of glee and chorus, ' The chough and crow, or been moved to jollity at some... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 364 页
...my tongue to be so long : Yet will she blush, here be it said, To hear her secrets so bewray'd. xvn. As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring :... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 页
...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. RICHARD BARNFIELD. Address to the Nightingale.^ As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made. * Sylvester is now generally regarded as the author of " The Soul's Errand,"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 424 页
...in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. As it fell upon a day. In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made, Trees did grow, and plants did spring : Beasts did leap, and birds did sing,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 384 页
...is now generally believed to be the author of the following song, sometimes ascribed to Shakspeare. "As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade, Which a grove of myrtles made." It may be seen in the collected poems of Richard Barnfield, 1598. The same... | |
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As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made... 
