 If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing...  The Pocket Magazine - Seite 2531829Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 Seiten
...to follow you. 7 — ii. 2. 298 Sweet silent hours of marriage joys. 24 — iv. 4. 299 If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it ;...and so die. That strain again; it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 Seiten
...power to follow you. 7— ii. 2. 298 Sweet silent hours of marriage joys. 24 — iv. 4. 299 If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that,...and so die. That strain again ; it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving... | |
 | M. H. Cowell - 1839 - 140 Seiten
...compares the soft strain of plaintive music to the perfume of violets. (Twelfth Night, Act 1. Scene 1.) " That strain again ! — it had a dying fall ; Oh ' it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, T liat breathes upon a liank of violets, Stealing and giving odour." 540 tricolor f Pansy 5. 8. yp... | |
 | 1840 - 528 Seiten
...business of Fancy to compare it." The most beautiful displays of Fancy are to be found in Shakspeare — " That strain again ! it had a dying fall — Oh ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet South, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. " Or those still more touching lines —... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1840 - 448 Seiten
...seemed a violet dropping dew. We are all acquainted with Shakspeare's beautiful comparison : — " That strain again — it had a dying fall; Oh! it came o'er my ear, like the sweet south That breathes upon a hank of violets, Stealing and giving odours." Perhaps of the various etymologies assigned... | |
 | Album - 1841 - 158 Seiten
...silence is the sepulchre of thought, Wherein the anguish of her spirit dwells. R. MONTGOMERY. If music be the food of love, play on ! Give me excess of it ;...Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ; no more ; , Tis not so sweet... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 362 Seiten
...An apartment in the Duke's palace, Enter DUKE, CURIO, Lords ; Musicians attending. Duke. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it ;...die. — That strain again ; — it had a dying fall. O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south. That breathes upon a bank of violets. Stealing, and giving... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 400 Seiten
...An apartment in the Duke's palace. Enter DUKE, cuaIo, Lords ; Musicians attending. Duke. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it ;...die. — That strain again ; — it had a dying fall. O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving... | |
 | F. Francillon - 1842 - 118 Seiten
...articulate sounds distinct enough, which yet by no means, are capable of language. — Locke. If musick be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it ;...so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet South, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - 1842 - 304 Seiten
...are like the skies. BARRY CORNWALL. -steals timidly away, Shrinking as Violets do in summer's ray. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : Oh ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of Violets, Stealing and giving odour. TWELFTH NIGHT. TO AN EARLY VIOLET. HOWITT.... | |
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