 At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes. And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. I was all ear,...  The Works of William E. Channing - Pàgina 14per William Ellery Channing - 1845Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 498 pàgines
...drowsy-flighted steeds " That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep. " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pàgines
...drowsy-flighted steeds " That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep. " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
 | 1797 - 468 pàgines
...flighted steeds " That draw the litter of close -curtain'd Sleep. " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might " Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
 | 1798 - 618 pàgines
...harmony ; " A solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distil'd perfumes, And stole upon tha air ; that even Silence Was took 'ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she (night Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd." We We listened attentively, and... | |
 | George Holmes - 1801 - 238 pàgines
...harmony, that like '• A solemn breathing sound, Rose like a stream of rich distilled perfumes, that stole upon the air, That even silence was took ere she was aware, And wish'd she might deny her nature, and be never more ; to be so displaced." From From this... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pàgines
...harmony, that like — t " A solemn breathing sound, Rose like a stream of ricli distilled perfumes, that stole upon the air, That even silence was took ere she was aware, And wish'd she might deny her nature, and be never more; Still to be so displaced." From this... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pàgines
...musick crept by me upon the waters ,•] So, in Milton's Masque: " — a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air." Steeveiis. « Full fathom Jive thy father lies; &c.] Ariel's lays, (which have been condemned by Gildon... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pàgines
...1 This musick crept by me upon the waters ;] So, in Milton's Masque: " a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air." Steevens. 6 Full fathom five th) i father lies; &c.] Ariel's lays, (which have been condemned by Gildon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pàgines
...little. Baton, A soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And itole upon the air, that even silence Was took ere she was ware. M'tltat. As wise artists mix their colours so, That by degrees they from each other go; Black tteali... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 624 pàgines
...Lady's singing with a different allusion, is not liable to any objection, and is altogether admirable: At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose, like...of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air. Henry Lawes the musician, who composed the music for this poem, and who was himself no indifferent... | |
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