Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone : Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can... An Introduction to Poetry - Page 105by Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty - 1922 - 524 pagesFull view - About this book
| Christianity - 1843 - 750 pages
...What struggle to escape ? What pipes and timbrels ? What wud ecstacy ? " Heard melodies are tweet, hut those unheard Are sweeter ; therefore, ye soft pipes,...ditties of no tone : Fair youth, beneath the trees, tbou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare ; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 574 pages
...more pointed concetto than this address to the Piping Shepherds on a Grecian Urn ? ' Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter ; therefore,...more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone .•' but it would be irksome to point out all the instances of this kind which are to be found in... | |
| Leigh Hunt - Authors - 1828 - 500 pages
...at once original in the idea, and going home, like an old thought, to the heart— " Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore,...never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss; For ever wilt thou love,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...sweet, hut those unheard Are sweeter ; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on ; Not to the sensual ear, hut, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone...canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees he hare ; Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve... | |
| Forbes Winslow - Medicine - 1839 - 384 pages
...Byron. at once original in idea, and going home, like an old thought, to the heart:— " Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore,...never, never can'st thou kiss, Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss; For ever wilt thou love,... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 552 pages
...mod pursuit 7 What struggle to escape \ What pipes and timbrels 7 What wild ecstasy t Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore,...trees be bare ; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kos. Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve ,• She cannot fade, though thou hast not... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 554 pages
...endear 'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone : Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leavs Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare ; Bold...winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve; She cannot fnde, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! Ah, happy, happy boughs... | |
| Frederick William Faber - Cathedrals - 1842 - 672 pages
...or gods are these ? What maidens loath ? What mad pursuit ? What struggle to escape ? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy ? " Heard melodies are...pipes, play on ; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endeared, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone : Fair youth, beneath the trees thou canst not leave... | |
| Christianity - 1843 - 744 pages
...ear, but, more endear d, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone : Fair youth, beneath the trees, tbou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees...never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve ; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love,... | |
| Forbes Winslow - Medicine - 1845 - 226 pages
...sentiment, at once original in idea, and gojng home, like an old thought, to the heart:— " Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter ; therefore,...can those trees be bare : Bold lover, never, never can'et thou kiss, Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve ;' She cannot fade, though thou... | |
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