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" Subtle as Sphinx; as sweet and musical As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; And, when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. "
Love's labour's lost. Midsummer night's dream - Page 69
by William Shakespeare - 1788
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The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 586 pages
...Hesperides ? l Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.2 Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were tempered with love's sighs , O,...
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Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 462 pages
...Hesperides ? Subtle as Sphynx, as sweet and musical As bright Apollo's hrd-, strung with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...love's sighs; ' O then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. I.. l.. iv. 3. Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text ..., Part 47, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 540 pages
...Hesperides ?t Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet and musical As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...love's sighs; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still...
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The comedies, histories, tragedies and poems of William Shakspere ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 688 pages
...Hesperides ? Subtle as sphynx; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs. 0, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility....
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 604 pages
...Hesperides ? Subtle as sphynx; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs. 0, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility....
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet, and ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 pages
...Hesperides? Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were tempered with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild...
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The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...Hcspcrides' Subtle as sphinx, as sweet and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair: And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrant's mild...
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 606 pages
...Hesperides ? Subtle as sphynx; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs. O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility....
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The Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt - 1852 - 566 pages
...Hespendes ?t Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet and musical As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temperd with love s sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility....
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...Hesperides ? Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet and musical As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; Arid, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild...
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