 | 1816 - 430 pages
...towards it, we were suddenly surprised by the notes of harmony. " • — A 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 wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never... | |
 | James Sloan, Theodore Lyman - 1818 - 406 pages
...brilliant concert, or those almost supernatural feats of voice which are exhibited on the Italian stage, I was ever conscious of " such a sacred and home-felt...teatro o loggia Ma'n lor vece un abete, un faggio un pino, Tra 1'erba verde, e'l bel monte vicino, Ondc se scende poetando e poggia, Li-van di terra al... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep : At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Hose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep ; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound k@ /+ that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 452 pages
...must be allowed to be of no supernatural dignity or elc" —— a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air." STEEVENS. But doth suffer a sea-change * Into something rich and strange. 0 O Sea-nymphs hourly ring... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep. At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Hose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 220 pages
...frighted 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 even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...process of distilling perfumes; for he had at first written " slow-distill'd." In the edition of 1673, we Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...Can ne'er forgive, nor his own soul. — Farewell ! MUSIC. 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,... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...frighted 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 even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she mi^ht Deny her nature, and be never more... | |
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At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air... 
