 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 426 pages
...Nymph of the Grot, thefe facred Springs I keep, And to the Murmur of thefe Waters fleep ; Ah fpare my Slumbers, gently tread the Cave ! And drink in Silence, or in Silence lave ! You'll think I have been very poetical in this Defcriprion, but it is pretty near the Truth. I wifh... | |
 | John Britton - Wiltshire (England) - 1801 - 358 pages
...the margin of the bath. " Nymph of the grot—these sacred streams I keep, And to the murmur of the waters sleep ; Oh ! spare my slumbers, gently tread...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." * Anecdotes of Painting in England, Vol. IV. Quitting this subterranean abode, I ascended a flight... | |
 | Richard Warner - Bath (England) - 1801 - 362 pages
...shades of 'Stourhead ; they are the elegant translation of some Latin verses by Cardinal Bembo: — " Nymph of the Grot, these sacred springs I keep, " And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; " Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, " And drink in silence, or in silence lave." " Hujus... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1814 - 1124 pages
...stone : Nymph of the grot th;se sacred spring! I keep. And to the murmur of these waters ileep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave. And drink in silence, or in silence lave. In another part is a figure of a river god, with a vessel, pouring forth a perpetual stream. After... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1802 - 612 pages
...shades of Stourhead ; they are the elegant translation of some Latin verses by cardinal Bcmbo :— f Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." " Hujus... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...aquae: Parce meurn, quisquis tangis cava marmora somnium, Rumpere ; seu tibas, sive labere, tace. " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." The improving of this grotto was the favourite amusement of his declining years ; so that not long... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pages
...murmur aqux : Parce meum, quisquis tangis cava marmora, somnum Rumpere ; seu bibas, sive larere, tace. Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep. Ah! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. " You. will... | |
 | Mr. Fenton (Richard) - Great Britain - 1811 - 376 pages
...bibas, sivelavere, tace. Nymph of the grot, these sacred streams I keep,, And to the murmur of the water sleep ; Oh ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. I agree with Jones, -that lave is a weak, if not an improper word, and very unworthy Pope; a. pitiful... | |
 | Samuel Owen - Thames River (England) - 1811 - 416 pages
...tacc ! Nymph of the grot, theie sacred streams I keep, And to the murmurs of these waters sleep. Ah, spare my slumbers; gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave ! " You'll think I have been very poetical in this description, but it is pretty near the truth. I... | |
 | William Bernard Cooke - England - 1811 - 324 pages
...VILLA. Nymph of the grot, these sacred streams I keep, And to the murmurs of these waters slpep. Ah, spare my slumbers ; gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave ! " You'll think I have been very poetical in this description, but it is pretty near the truth. I... | |
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Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep : And to the murmur of these waters sleep : Ah spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. 
