 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - Počet stránok 464
...James duke of York, at St. James's." CVIII. AN ELEGY. ON THE LADY JANE PAWLET, MAHCHIONESS OF WlNTON.' What gentle ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew,1 And beckoning woos me, from the fatal tree To pluck a garland for herself or me ? I do obey you,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - Počet stránok 428
...passage of Ben Jonson in his head, in an elegy on the Marchioness of Winchester, which opens thus ; " What gentle ghost besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew ? And beck'ning wooes me?" VOL. I. 2 C Why bade ye else, ye Pow'rs ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - Počet stránok 426
...passage of Ben Jonson in his head, in an elegy on the Marchioness of Winchester, which opens thus ; " What gentle ghost besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew ? And beck'ning wooes me?" VOL. I. 2 C Why bade ye else, ye Pow'rs ! her soul aspire Above the vulgar flight... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - Počet stránok 398
...same person whose unfortunate death is the subject of this poem. P. Ver. 1. What beckoning ghost,] " What gentle ghost besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew? And beck'ning wooes me ?" Ben Jonson. The cruelties of her relations, the desolation of the family, the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - Počet stránok 404
...same person whose unfortunate death is the subject of this poem. P. Ver. 1. What beck'ning ghost,] " What gentle ghost besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew? And beck'ning wooes me ?" Ben Jonson. The cruelties of her relations, the desolation of the family, the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - Počet stránok 488
...person whose unfortunate death is the subject of this poem. — P. Ver. 1. What beck'ning ghost,] " What gentle ghost besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew ? And beck'ning wooes me ?" Ben Jonson. The cruelties of her relations, the desolation of the family, the... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - Počet stránok 346
...Lady,' fell into a plagiarism from Jonson's 'Elegy on the Lady Jane Paulett.' Thus it begins : — ' What gentle ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails...so solemnly to yonder yew ? And beckoning wooes me — ' . Pope's verses run thus : — ' What beck'ning ghost along the moonlight shade Invites my steps,... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - Počet stránok 518
...veteran poet-laureate on the same occasion. Here is a portion of Ben Jonson's corresponding elegy :— " What gentle ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew, And, beckoning, woos me from the fatal tree To pluck a garland for herself or me ? I do obey you, beauty ! for in death... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - Počet stránok 798
...Corbet. Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child.2 Epitaph on Gay. 1 What gentle ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew ? Ben Jonson, Elegy on the Lady Jane Pawlet 2 Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. Dryden,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - Počet stránok 890
...friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died. Epitaph on the Hon. S. Harcourt. 1 What gentle ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew ? Ben Jonson, Elegy on the Lady Jane Pawlet. 8 See The Odyssey, Book xviii. Line 279. The saint sustain'd... | |
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What gentle ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew, And beckoning woos me, from the fatal tree To pluck a garland for herself, or me? 
