...was thine height of strength, thy golden prime ! And still the haunt beloved a virtue yields. What though the music of thy rustic flute Kept not for...country tone ; Lost it too soon and learnt a stormy note 303 Of men contention-tost, of men who groan, Which task'd thy pipe too sore, and tired thy throat...

...strays ! Here came I often, often, in old days, — Thyrsis and I ; we still had Thyrsis then. 395 Of men contention-tost, of men who groan, Which task'd...sore, and tired thy throat — It fail'd, and thou wast mute ! Yet hadst thou ahvay visions of our light, And long with men of care thou couldst not stay,...

...was thine height of strength, tby golden prime I And still the haunt beloved a virtue yields. no What 2 2 2 tasked thy pipe too sore, and tired thy throat — It failed, and thon wast mute I Yet hadst thou alway...

...unwelcome : we are more than content to take Thyrsis as we find him, though ' the music of his rustic rk:te Kept not for long its happy country tone; Lost it...note Of men contention-tost, of men who groan. Which tasked his pipe too sore, and tired his throat.' EDITOR. 1 Westminster Review, October 1869 QUA CURSUM...

...height of strength, thy golden prime! And still the haunt beloved a virtue yields. 220 What thougn tne music of thy rustic flute Kept not for long its happy,...sore, and tired thy throat — It fail'd, and thou wast mute! 226 And soon thy foot resumed its wandering way, Left human haunt, and on alone till night....

...Here was thine height of strength, thy golden prime! And still the haunt beloved a virtue yields. What though the music of thy rustic flute Kept not for...groan, Which task'd thy pipe too sore, and tired thy throatIt fail'd, and thou wast mute! Yet hadst thou alway visions of our light, And long with men of...

...delight in natural beauty, and in the simplicities of human feeling and passion. The " music" of his " rustic flute '\ Kept not for long its happy, country...stormy note Of men contention-tost, of men who groan. The poet of the " Bothie" becomes the poet of "Dipsychus," " Easter Day," and the " Amours de Voyage";...

...delight in natural beauty, and in the simplicities of human feeling and passion. The "music" of his "rustic flute". Kept not for long its happy, country...stormy note Of men contention-tost, of men who groan. The poet of the "Bothie" becomes the poet of "Dipsychus," "Easter Day," and the "Amours de Voyage";...

...was thine height of strength, thy golden prime ! And still the haunt beloved a virtue yields. What though the music of thy rustic flute Kept not for...groan, Which task'd thy pipe too sore, and tired thy throatIt fail'd, and thou wast mute ! Yet hadst thou alway visions of our light, And long with men...

...truer words have been spoken of Clougli than these : The music of his rustic flute Kept not for Jong its happy country tone ; Lost it too soon, and learnt...note Of men contention-tost, of men who groan, Which tasked his pipe too sore, and tired his throat See Samuel Waddington's Monograph (1882), and a study...