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" At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich 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. I was all ear,... "
Comus - Page 48
by John Milton - 1888 - 53 pages
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...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 took in strains that might ereate a soul Under the ribs of Death...
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British Theatre, Volume 11

John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 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 wished she...Deny her nature, and be never more, " Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, " And took in strains that might create a soul " Under the ribs of Death...
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Bell's British Theatre: Comus, by J. Milton. ... Love in a village, by I ...

English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n 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, " And took in strains that might create a sonl " Under the ribs of Death...
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Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of ...

John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...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, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death: but,...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures ..., Volume 15

1802 - 442 pages
...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...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 13

1801 - 432 pages
...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 enchanting spot we proceeded on to the old Wier bridge, a rude and picturesque object, where...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...ware, 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. Amaz'd...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on ..., Volume 2

1807 - 474 pages
...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, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." Comus,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 51

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 558 pages
...Abortive as the first-born bloom of spring Nipt with the lagging rear of winter's frost." " I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." " So! farewell hope ; but with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost : Evil...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, SCO 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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