 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...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...Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, 560 And took in strains that might ereate a soul Under the ribs of Death... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pages
...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, " Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, " And took in strains that might create a soul " Under the ribs of Death... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 498 pages
...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, " Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, " And took in strains that might create a soul " Under the ribs of Death... | |
 | 1797 - 468 pages
...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...Deny her nature, and be never more, " Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, " And took in strains that might create a sonl " Under the ribs of Death... | |
 | 1798 - 618 pages
...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... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pages
...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...Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death: but,... | |
 | George Holmes - 1801 - 238 pages
...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... | |
 | 1802 - 442 pages
...expression »mong many that maybe remarked in Comus. Sonnet 33, 1. 4. " Become all ear." Comus, 1. 560. " I was all ear And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death" Drummond's was probably taken from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia. " / was all ear to catch the heavenly... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...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... | |
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