 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...steeds, , That draw the litter of close curtain'd sleep: At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Ro*e field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal that even silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...fl'ghted 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,... | |
 | 1826 - 548 pages
...bliss, I never heard till now. Lines 244 — 264. SPIRIT. 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,... | |
 | 1827 - 634 pages
...bliss, I never heard till now. Lines 244 — 264. SPIRIT. 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,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1828 - 60 pages
...of waking bliss, I never heard till now. Lines 244— 264. 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,... | |
 | 1828 - 562 pages
...I never heard till now. Lines 344—164. SPIRIT. At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound .1 Rnse 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 - 1832 - 354 pages
...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd sleep ; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound 555 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 - 1834 - 432 pages
...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound 555 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... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 pages
...Java, ii. p. 13. c Fasti, v. d This poet compares sounds to perfumes : — a solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air. Bouhours has a beautiful simile — " Whatever is delicate in thought and expression in good writers... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd sleep ; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound 655 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,... | |
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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... 
