 He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, '...  The Manchester iris - Page 1831823Full view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - Fishing - 1775 - 620 pages
...fccurely, fhould hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the- fweet dcfcants, the natural rifing and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and fay, Lord, what mufick haft thou provided for the faints in heaven, when thou affbrdeft bad men fuch... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 232 pages
...lleepsfecarely, mould hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the. fweet f d,feanis, the natural rifing and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and fay, " Lord, wbat mu/iek btft tb-.u provided /o- tbe Saints in Havtn, wbm tbau affardtjl bad men fucb... | |
 | Natham Drake - English literature - 1800 - 510 pages
...midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear ajrs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling,...and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted * The antiuv, or nightingale. above earth, arid say, " Lord, -what mtofic hast fhou provided for tht... | |
 | George Horne, Lindley Murray - Bible - 1812 - 248 pages
...midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I h'ave often done, the clear airs, the sw.eet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1817 - 740 pages
..." He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps se" rarely, should hear, as I have often done, the sweet descants, " the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling " of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above earth, " and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 576 pages
...night, when the very labourer sleeps securely, " should hear, as I have often done, the clear airs, " the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, " the doubling and redoubling, of the nightingale's " voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, " Lord, what music hast thou... | |
 | England - 1823 - 772 pages
...midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling,...her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say ; bord, what music hast i In m provided for the saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such... | |
 | Charles Bradley (Vicar of Glasbury.) - 1823 - 370 pages
...midnight, when the very laborer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have often done, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling, of the nightingale's voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what . music hast thou provided... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 408 pages
...celebrated it in the truest measure of applause:—" He, that, at midnight, when the labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have heard, the clear air, the sweet descant, the rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1825 - 544 pages
...midnight, when the very laborer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her1 voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided for the... | |
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