 | Tales - 1844 - 946 pages
...resign 'd, She died repeating — " My native land !" TALES OF A LAY-BROTHER. CHAPTER XIII. " If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it...so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : — Oh ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling: To her let us garlands bring. OLIVIA. Duke. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it...sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets Stealing and giving odor. — Enough, no more, ' Tis not so sweet now as it was before. O spirit of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1846 - 574 pages
...Jin Apartment in the Duke's Palace. Enter Duke, CURIO, Lords ; Musicians attending. Duke. IF music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it;...dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south,1 That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour.* Enough ; no more ; 'Tis... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...mght, And his affections dark as Erebus : Let no such man be trusted. -Merchant of Venice. If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it...and so die. That strain again ! It had a dying fall : Oh, it came ixer my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving... | |
 | 1848 - 650 pages
...Shakespere knew how fully the solace of song nurses the affections and has made the Duke say — If Music be the food of Love, play on, Give me excess of it...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. Viola, when she hears the Duke praised, is already half in love with him, at least esteem, the best... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - Azerbaijan - 1847 - 474 pages
...that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes...no more ; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. 0 spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou ! That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth as the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 726 pages
...-/4n Apartment in the DUKE'S Palace. Enter DUKE, CURIO, Lords; Musicians attending. Duke. If music oop! What? Hove! : О ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and... | |
 | Horticulture - 1847 - 736 pages
...Violet-embroider'd vale." Shakspeare compares the soft strains of plaintive music to the perfume of Violets:— " That strain again ; it had a dying fall: O, it came...upon a bank of Violets, Stealing, and giving odour." That the Violet was a favourite with Shakspeare is most evident, by the beautiful simile he makes Perdita... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 618 pages
...I. An Apartment in the Duke's Palace. Enter DUKE, CURIO, Lords ; Musicians attending. Duke. If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it...so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south,1 That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and... | |
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If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing... 
