...grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavy motion slow, Funning the languid air, He moves it to and fro. But when...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. Lo! as the voice melodious floats...

...he flings The grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavy motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He moves it...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. (XII.) Lo ! as the voice melodious...

...and fro. But when that form of beauty meets his sight, * The trunk its undulating motion stops, 169 From his forgetful hold the plane-branch drops, Reverent...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. Lo ! as the voice melodious floats...

...sight, The trunk its undulating motion stops, From his forgetful hold the plane- branch drops, 170 Reverent he kneels, and lifts his rational eyes To...prayer ; And when she pours her angel voice in song, [notes, Entranced he listens to the thrilling Till his strong temples, bathed with sudden dews, Their...

...such verse and a line, say, of a wellknown poet of the second order, say Southey, for instance : " And when she pours her angel voice in song, Entranced he listens to the thrilling notes," and I feel confident that a foreigner would not see any greater difference between the two samples...

...he flings The grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavey motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He moves it...listens to the thrilling notes, Till his strong temples, bat'hed with sudden dews, Their fragrance of delight and love diffuse. Lo ! as the voice melodious...