 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn breathing sound 555 Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...steeds " That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep. " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...steeds " That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep. " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...steeds " That draw the litter of close -curtain'd Sleep. " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might " Deny her nature, and be never... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...frighted steeds,' That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...musick crept by me upon the waters ;] So, in Milton's Masque: " a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air." Steevens. 6 Full fathom five th) i father lies; &c.] Ariel's lays, (which have been condemned by Gildon... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...crept by me upon the waters ,•] So, in Milton's Masque: " — a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air." Steeveiis. « Full fathom Jive thy father lies; &c.] Ariel's lays, (which have been condemned by Gildon... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 624 pages
...not liable to any objection, and is altogether admirable: At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose, like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air. Henry Lawes the musician, who composed the music for this poem, and who was himself no indifferent... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,... | |
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At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air... 
