 I heard The sweetest and most ravishing contention That art and nature ever were at strife in. A sound of music touch'd mine ears, or rather Indeed entranced my soul ; as I stole nearer...  The Quarterly Review - Page 463edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - 1903 - 422 pages
...Indeed entranced my soul. As I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw This youth, this fair-fac'd youth, upon his lute With strains of strange variety...Proclaiming, as it seem'd, so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That as they flock'd about him, all stood silent, Wondering at... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903 - 420 pages
...Indeed entranced my soul. As I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw This youth, this fair-fac'd youth, upon his lute With strains of strange variety...Proclaiming, as it seem'd, so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That as they flock'd about him, all stood silent, Wondering at... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 466 pages
...Indeed entranced my soul : as I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw This youth, this fair-faced youth, upon his lute With strains of strange variety...Proclaiming (as it seem'd) so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That as they flock'd about him, all stood silent, Wondering at... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 468 pages
...Indeed entranced my soul : as I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw This youth, this fair-faced youth, upon his lute With strains of strange variety...Proclaiming (as it seem'd) so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That as they flock'd about him, all stood silent, Wondering at... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1904 - 710 pages
...Indeed entranc'd my soul : as I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw This youth, this fair-fac'd youth, upon his lute With strains of strange variety...Proclaiming (as it seem'd) so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That as they nock'd about him, all stood silent, Wondering at what... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - Authors, English - 1904 - 686 pages
...Indeed entranc'd my soul : as I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw This youth, this fair-fac'd youth, upon his lute With strains of strange variety...Proclaiming (as it seem'd) so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That as they nock'd about him, all stood silent, Wondering at what... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - Authors, English - 1904 - 702 pages
...strange variety and harmony Proclaiming (as it seem'd) so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That as they flock'd about him, all stood silent, Wondering at what they heard. I wonder'd too.2 A Nightingale, Nature's best skill'd musician, undertakes... | |
 | RICHARD GARNETT, C.B., LL.D. AND EDMUND GOSSE, M.A., LL.D. - 1904 - 222 pages
...Indeed entranced my soul : as I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw This youth, this fair-faced youth, upon his lute With strains of strange variety and harmony Proclaiming (ELS it seem'd) so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That as they flock'd... | |
 | Helen Philbrook Patten - English poetry - 1905 - 344 pages
...entranced my soul. As I stole nearer, Invited by the melancholy, I saw This youth, this fair-faced youth, upon his lute, With strains of strange variety and harmony. Proclaiming, as it seemed. so bold a challenge To the clear choristers of the woods, the birds, That, as they flocked... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1905 - 232 pages
...Indeed entranced my soul : as I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw This youth, this fair-faced youth, upon his lute With strains of strange variety and harmony Proclaiming (as it seem'dl so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That as they flock'd about... | |
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