 And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through...  Scraps. [An anthology, ed.] by H. Jenkins - Page 427edited by - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild....winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn. out, -VOL.-in. E d Wkb. wanton heed, and gi<My cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...against eating caret, Lap me in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal \ en-. Snch u the meeting tool may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. Day. T. Id. 9. Gustavus Adolphus the Great, 1594, Stockholm. John Milton, 1608, OS Sprout Eagk, Bread... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 414 pages
...attuned to " soul-inspiring melody," — " And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs, In notes with many a winding bout . .. Of linked sweetness...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony." Some men are gifted with an exceedingly correct ear. In the case of Milton, the loss of sight improved... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 448 pages
...ferocity. — Opera, t. vi. 153. (*8) In his L" Allegro he thus describes the delights of music : " And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony." C9) He here undoubtedly alludes to Plato, who, in various not be inexpedient after meat, to assist... | |
 | Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 652 pages
...imagery, knew better than any other man how to clothe them, according to his own beautiful expression, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness,...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; when we see a master of English eloquence thus gifted, choosing a dead language, the dialect of the... | |
 | Speeches, Addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 552 pages
...imagery, knew better than any other man how to clothe them, according to his own beautiful expression, '' In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness,...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ;" when we see a master of English eloquence, thus gifted, choosing V dead language, the dialect of... | |
 | 642 pages
...they make llteir game. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS. " Then to ihc well-trod stage anon." " And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian...sweetness long drawn out ; With wanton heed and giddy canning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1845 - 700 pages
...way they make (heir game, PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS. " Then to ihe well-trod stage anon." " And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian...sweetness long drawn out ; With wanton heed and giddy canning, The melting voice through mazes running, Uatwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul... | |
 | English literature - 1840 - 528 pages
...develope the feelings of the writer ; that it is only while we listen to " airs Such as the melting soul may pierce. In notes with many a winding bout...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ;" it is only, I say, while listening to such airs as these, that we can follow the Lyric poet in his... | |
 | Edward Everett - Education - 1840 - 460 pages
...thought and imagery, knew better than most other men, how to breathe forth his thoughts and images, " In notes, with many a winding bout, Of linked sweetness,...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ;" when we see a master of English eloquence, thus gifted, choosing a dead language, — the dialect... | |
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