 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...awav, The last still loveliest, till 'tis gone — and all Is gray. BYBOK. MOONLIGHT. How sweet tlie moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in your ears: soft stillness, and the night, Beeome the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica: look,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1875 - 248 pages
...The bell's deep tones are swelling, — 't is the knell Of the departed year." Slow. Moderate. " How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sound of music Creep in our ears." Rapid. " The stars are rolling in the sky, The earth rolls on below,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1877 - 380 pages
...I would out-night you, did nobody come ; But, hark, I hear the footing of a man. ***** Lorenzo. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of musick Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit,... | |
 | Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert - 1877 - 112 pages
...dull in its motion, more sad in its song. 9. We had none of us been idle during his absence. 10. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sound of music Creep in our ears. — Shakspeare. 11. This place suits my whim, and I like it better... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 412 pages
...her end." Slow. " O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth ! " Moderate. " How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sound of music Creep in our ears." Quick. " The stars are rolling in the sky, The earth rolls on below,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 236 pages
...should settle in thy glorious eye, . And leave his stillness in thy clustering hair." Moderate. " How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sound of music Creep in our ears." Rapid. " The stars are rolling in the sky, The earth rolls on below,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1880 - 474 pages
...highest merit to the description of a moonlight night with music, m The Merchant of Vinici : — How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep into our ears : soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 216 pages
...house, your mistress is at hand ; .And bring your music forth into the air. — \_Exit STEPHANO. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music 6 Here we have a clear instance of the first person plural, in the imperative. The Poet has many such.... | |
 | 1881 - 398 pages
...Chaucer (poet) died, 1400. 26th. Hogarth died, 1764. 27th. Captain Cook born, 1728. MUSIC IN NATURE. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in onr ears ; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica; look, how... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 212 pages
...house, your mistress is at hand ; ^And bring your music forth into the air. — \_Exit STEPHANO. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music s Here we have a clear instance of the first person plural, in the imperative. The Poet has many such.... | |
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Creep in our ears : soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold : There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st... 
