 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 Broken Heart - Page xvby John Ford - 1894 - 132 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ford - English drama - 1888 - 508 pages
...conceive what you infer By art and nature. Men. I shall soon resolve ye. A sound of music touched mine ears, or rather Indeed entranced my soul. As I stole...Proclaiming, as it seemed, so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That, as they flocked about him, all stood silent, Wondering at... | |
 | John Ford - 1888 - 514 pages
...conceive what you infer By art and nature. Men. I shall soon resolve ye. A sound of music touched mine ears, or rather Indeed entranced my soul. As I stole...Proclaiming, as it seemed, so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That, as they flocked about him, all stood silent, Wondering at... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Animals - 1893 - 324 pages
...ravishing contention That art and nature ever were at strife in. A sound of music touch'd mine cars, or rather Indeed entranced my soul ; as I stole nearer,...of strange variety and harmony Proclaiming, as it secm'd, so bold a challenge To the clear choristers of the woods, the birds, That as they flock'd about... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1893 - 392 pages
...art and nature ever were at strife in. A sound of music touch'd mine ears, or rather 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 and harmony, Proclaiming (as it scem'd)... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1895 - 702 pages
...ravishing contention That art and nature ever were at strife in. I saw Tins youth, this fair faced youth, upon his lute, With strains of strange variety...Proclaiming, as it seemed, so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds. That, as they flocked about him, all stood silent, Wondering at... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1895 - 686 pages
...ravishing contention That art and nature ever were at strife in. I saw This youth, this fair faced youth, upon his lute. With strains of strange variety...Proclaiming, as it seemed, so bold a challenge To the clear quiristcrs of the woods, the birds, That, as they flocked about him, all stood silent, Wondering at... | |
 | John Ford - 1895 - 476 pages
...nature. Men. I shall soon resolve ye. A sound of masic touch'd mine ears, or rather Indeed entranc'd my soul. As I stole nearer, Invited by the melody, I saw lA-' This youth, this fair-fac'd youth, upon his lute, With strains of strange variety and harmony,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 464 pages
...Amethus — I cannot yet conceive what you infer By art and nature. Menaphon — I shall soon resolve ye. A sound of music touched my ears, or rather Indeed...Proclaiming, as it seemed, so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That, as they flocked about him, all stood silent, Wondering at... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, Edward Cornelius Towne, George Henry Warner - Anthologies - 1897 - 656 pages
...— I cannot yet conceive what you infer By art and nature. Afenaphon — I shall soon resolve ye, A sound of music touched my ears, or rather Indeed...Proclaiming, as it seemed, so bold a challenge To the clear quiristers of the woods, the birds, That, as they flocked about him, all stood silent, Wondering at... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 466 pages
...most ravishing contention That art or nature ever were at strife in. ... A sound of music touch'd mine ears, or rather Indeed entranced my soul : as I stole...of 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... | |
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