 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never more, "...that might create a soul " Under the ribs of Death — but oh ! ere long 380 " Too well I did perceive it was the voice " Of my most honour'd lady your... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never more, "...that might create a soul " Under the ribs of Death — but oh! erelong 380 " Too well I did perceive it was the voice " Of my most honour'd lady your... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she...all ear, " And took in strains that might create a sonl " Under the ribs of Death — but oh ! ere long 380 •" Too well I did perceive it was the voice... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence...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 honour'd lady, your dear sister.... | |
 | 1802 - 442 pages
...expression »mong many that maybe remarked in Comus. Sonnet 33, 1. 4. " Become all ear." Comus, 1. 560. " I was all ear And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death" Drummond's was probably taken from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia. " / was all ear to catch the heavenly... | |
 | 1807 - 474 pages
...effect of good music. , " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose lite a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even silence...that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." Comus, tier. 555, et seq. " When such music sweet Their hearts and ears did greet, As never was by... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...and wish'd she rnfgbt Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displac'd. I was all car, 560 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 honour'd Lady, your dear sister.... | |
 | John Milton - 1808 - 96 pages
...wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, 5(50 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 honour'd Lady, your dear Sister.... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence...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 honour'd Lady, your dear Sister.... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still, tobe so displac'd. I 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 honour'd Lady, your dear Sister.... | |
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O poor hapless nightingale, thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how near the deadly snare ! Then down the lawns I ran with headlong... 
