JEolian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick nerve of every wire, And on its magic pulses play ; — Till all the air around, Mysterious murmurs fill, A strange bewildering dream of sound, Most heavenly sweet... Annual Register - Page 699edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
| James Montgomery - 1860 - 420 pages
...feels relief. 94 Thus o'er the light JEolian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the ,iuick nerve of every wire, And on its magic pulses play...sublime command, And be the Poet's life thy song. Of vaulsh'd troubles sing, Of fears for ever fled, Of flowers that hear the voice of Spring, And burst... | |
| James Montgomery - 1860 - 414 pages
...grief, The soul to suffering all resign'd In Sorrow's music feels relief. 04 Thus o'er the light /Eolian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick...strange bewildering dream of sound, Most heavenly sweet,—yet mournful still. O! snatch the Harp from Sorrow's hand, Hope ! who hast been a stranger... | |
| James Montgomery - 1861 - 444 pages
...grief, The soul to suffering all resign'd In Sorrow's music feels relief. Thus o'er the light .35olian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick...bewildering dream of sound, Most heavenly sweet, — yet mourniul still. O ! snatch the Harp from Sorrow's hand, Hope ! who has been a stranger long ; O ! strike... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pages
...grief, The soul to suffering all resigned In sorrow's music feels relief. Thus o'er the light /Eolian ing and groaning ; 0 ! snatch the harp from Sorrow's hand, Hope ! who hast been a stranger long; 0 ! strike it with sublime... | |
| James Montgomery - 1879 - 572 pages
...grief, The soul to suffering all resigned In Sorrow's music feels relief. Thus o'er the light JEoli&n lyre The winds of dark November stray ; Touch the...sound, Most heavenly sweet, — yet mournful still. Oh ! snatch the harp from Sorrow's hand, Hope ! who hast been a stranger long, Oh! strike it with sublime... | |
| Jabez Marrat - 1879 - 174 pages
...FEOM BUSINESS 'THE PELICAN ISLAND ' VISIT TO SCOTLAND — ORIGINAL HYMNS — DEATH AND BURIAL. ' 0 ! SNATCH the harp from Sorrow's hand, Hope ! who hast been a stranger long ; 0 ! strike it with sublime command, And be the poet's life thy song. ' Of vanished troubles sing,... | |
| James Montgomery - 1881 - 535 pages
...grief, The soul to suffering all resign'd In Sorrow's music feels relief. Thus o'er the light ^Eolian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick...; — Till all the air around, Mysterious murmurs till, A strange bewildering dream of sound, Most heavenly sweet, — yet mournful still. O ! snatch... | |
| James Montgomery - 1881 - 618 pages
...grief, The soul to suffering all resigned In Sorrow's music feels relief. Thus o'er the light ^Eolian lyre The winds of dark November stray ; Touch the quick nerve of ever)- wire, And on its magic pulses play; — Till all the air around, Mysterious murmurs fill, A... | |
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