 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 south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing...  Twelfth night. Winter's tale - Page 5by William Shakespeare - 1788Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...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...no more; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou t That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth as the... | |
 | Henrietta Rouvière Mosse - 1806 - 938 pages
...justly-beloved child, from the kindest and tenderest of parents. c\3 CHAP. CHAP. II " Oh ! it came o'er her ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets ; - Stealing and giving odour." JL HE morning sun had shot his lucid beams above the hills, and breaking through the aperture of the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 344 pages
...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...no more ; Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou ! That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receivelh as the... | |
 | 1807 - 474 pages
...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." Twelfth Night, act 1. tc. 1. Lord Bacon, in the following passage, makes the very same comparison.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the swett south. That breathes upon a bulk of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ; no more ; Tis not so sweet now, as it was beiore. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou : That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 440 pages
...The appetite may sicken, and so die. [Music. That strain again ; it had a dying fall : Oh, it came o'er my ear, like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. [Music. Enough — no more ; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and... | |
 | George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...impressions produced upon our other senses. „ " 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." Shaks, To the eye some appearances, and even some colours, are productive of pleasure. It is extremely... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon...no more ; Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quiek and fresh art thou ! That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth as the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 454 pages
...The appetite may sickeu, 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...odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now, a» it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou! That notwithstanding thy capacity... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pages
...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...Enough; no more; Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou ! That notwithstanding thy capacity Rec€ireth as the... | |
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