 | 1895 - 814 pages
...to be found some of the most delightful lines that ever poet penned. Lorenzo says to Jessica : " How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. Here will we sit and let the sound of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony."... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1896 - 388 pages
...the 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 Creep into our ears ; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica.... | |
 | 1896 - 234 pages
...there can be no question that ideal life is awakened through touch with the scene observed : — " How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sound of music Creep in our ears : soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony.... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1899 - 100 pages
...Shakespeare had been a poet before he became a playwright. Lorenzo. — How sweet the moon - light 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1900 - 188 pages
...Within the 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 a Creep in our ears : soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica.... | |
 | 1884 - 990 pages
...night as this is now? And would you know how her lover spoke to her? — this is what he says: ' How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon 'this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep to our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica :... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1901 - 388 pages
...disdaineth ; Suns of the world may stain, when heaven's sun staineth. MOONLIGHT By William Shakespeare OW sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in your ears : soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica : look,... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...the 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 55 Creep in our ears : soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica.... | |
 | Sir John Soane's Museum - 1905 - 106 pages
...Francis Danby, ARA — Moonlight Scene from ' The Merchant of Venice' ; Lorenzo and Jessica. ' How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep into our ears.' Painting by George Jones, RA — The Smoking-Room at Chelsea Hospital. Coloured... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1906 - 196 pages
...Within the house, your mistress is at hand; And bring your music forth into the air. [Exit Stephano. sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music a Creep in our ears : soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica.... | |
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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... 
