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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... "
The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a ... - Page 60
by William Shakespeare - 1780
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...these charming lines imitated his favourite Shakespeare, Twelfth Night at the beginning. That strain again, it had a dying fall ; O, it came o'er my ear, like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. Thyer. 555. The idea...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...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 south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. Mark it, Cesario ; it...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pages
...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 south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ; DO more...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, Part 1

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...again ; — it had a dying f all : 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art t him ! That, notwithstanding...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 pages
...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 south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ; no more;...
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The Juvenile Mentor; Or, Select Readings ...

Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...again ! — it had a dying fell ; O, it came o'er rny ear like the sweetest south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. — Enough, no more, 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art tliou That notwithstanding...
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Floral Emblems

Henry Phillips - Emblems - 1825 - 414 pages
...shining, or what queen so fair ?" PURITY OF SENTIMENT. WHITE VIOLET Viola alba. " That strain again—it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet breath That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour." Shakspeare. The white...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 11

George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 338 pages
...Give me excess of it ; that, surfeiting, The'a'ppetite may'sicken, and so die. — [Music. That strain again ;— it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odours. — [Music. Enough...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Life of Shakespeare. Seven ages ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 544 pages
...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 south1, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour2. — Enough; no more;...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 482 pages
...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 south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ; no more...
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