 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even tir'd he sleeps, 560 And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death ; but O ! ere long, Too well... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was look s, deceitful all, and vain. BOOK m— POWER. Text*...to in /,'••.•.'. 111. • Or ever the silve 560 And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death ; but O! ere long, Too well... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...solemn breathing sound Rose like a stream of rich distilFd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she...Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. — I was all ear And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death.... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...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...Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death : but,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1843 - 686 pages
...distill'd perfumes. And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still, to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." Lintt... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - English literature - 1844 - 522 pages
...distilled perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that even silence " Was took ere she was ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never more " Still to be so displaced." "How sweetly did they float upon the wings " Of silence, through the empty vaulted night,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...solemn-breathing sound Rose like a stream of rich distilF d perfumei, Jlii.il. stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she...was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death : but O! ere long, Too well I did perceive it was the voice Of my most... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...solemn-breathing sound Ro»e like a stream of rich distill'd perfumes, And. stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she...was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death : but O! ere long, Too well I did perceive it was the voice Of my most... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 372 pages
...solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill 'd perfumet, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she...was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death : but O ! ere long, Too well I did perceive it was the voice Of my most... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 292 pages
...distilF d perfumei. 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 Still...was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death : but O ! ere long, Too well I did perceive it was the voice Of my most... | |
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