 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1900 - 1080 pages
...delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now." Lines 244-264. " Sfirit. — At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, Ami stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Denv her... | |
 | John Milton - 1900 - 588 pages
...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 e're she was ware, and wish't she might Deny her nature, and be never more... | |
 | John Milton - 1900 - 582 pages
...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 e're she was ware, and wish't she might Deny her nature, and be never more... | |
 | John Milton - Elegiac poetry, English - 1900 - 200 pages
...sudden silence Gave respite to the drowsy-flighted steeds That draw the litter of close-curtained Sleep. 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... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - English poetry - 1900 - 328 pages
...style, this description of the Lady's singing is in marked contrast to the later matured manner: — 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1901 - 88 pages
...silence Gave respite to the drowsy frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd sleep ; 555 At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like...of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish't she might Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 472 pages
...Milton has a direct comparison of sound to fragrance in a very beautiful passage in Comus, 555 fol. : ' At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like...rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air.' — HUDSON: Pope's change is most certainly right. For with what propriety can a sound be said to '... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 474 pages
...Milton has a direct comparison of sound to fragrance in a very beautiful passage in Comus, 555 'o1- : ' At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill' d perfumes, And stole upon the air.' — HUDSON : Pope's change is most certainly right. For... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 472 pages
...Milton has a direct comparison of sound to fragrance in a very beautiful passage in Comus, 555 fol- : ' At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill' d perfumes, And stole upon the air.' — HUDSON : Pope's change is most certainly right. For... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...silence Gave respite to the drowsy frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'<i sleep ; its light, is seen no more. Youth, with pale cheek and slender rich-distill'd per, fumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and... | |
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Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air... 
