| John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn breathing sound 555 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 might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, 560 And... | |
| John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...Gave respite to the drowsy-flighted steeds " That draw the litter of 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 ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished... | |
| John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...Gave respite to the drowsy-flighted steeds " That draw the litter of 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 ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished... | |
| English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...respite to the drowsy- flighted steeds " That draw the litter of 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 ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd... | |
| John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...Gave respite to the drowsy frighted steeds,' That draw the litter of 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 Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd... | |
| George Holmes - Ireland - 1801 - 238 pages
...harmony, that like '• A solemn breathing sound, Rose like a stream of rich distilled perfumes, that stole upon the air, That even silence was took ere she was aware, And wish'd she might deny her nature, and be never more ; to be so displaced." From From this... | |
| 1801 - 432 pages
...harmony, that like — t " A solemn breathing sound, Rose like a stream of ricli distilled perfumes, that stole upon the air, That even silence was took ere she was aware, And wish'd she might deny her nature, and be never more; Still to be so displaced." From this... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...ding-dong, bell,9 [Burden, ding-dong. 1 This musick crept by me upon the waters ;] So, in Milton's Masque: " a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air." Steevens. 6 Full fathom five th) i father lies; &c.]... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...more dangerous, because it cometh without any ill smell, and itealell on by little and little. Baton, A soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And itole upon the air, that even silence Was took ere she was ware. M'tltat. As... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...bell,"3 [Burden, ding-dong. s This musick crept by me upon the waters ,•] So, in Milton's Masque: " — a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air." Steeveiis. « Full fathom Jive thy father lies; &c.]... | |
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