 | William Ellery Channing - 1845 - 436 Seiten
...ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death. " Lines 555 - 563. In illustration of Milton's tenderness, we will open almost at a venture. " Now... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 Seiten
...the Lady's singing : At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a stream of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence...was all ear, And took in strains that might create a sound Under the ribs of death. The illustration of that inimitable stroke of the power of the Lady's... | |
 | 1846 - 512 Seiten
...nor vice consists in this. They are made of quite other material. The heart of Saul, even when he " was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death," was no more like the heart of a believing saint, than hell is like heaven! There is no inconsistency... | |
 | 1872 - 500 Seiten
...to which, even more than to the glorious " Creation," the words of Milton may be justly applied : " I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." Several biographies have been written of Handel and of Haydn, and the life of Beethoven is perhaps... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 Seiten
...she was 'ware, & wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. I waa all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death : but O, ere long, Too well did I perceive it was the voice Of my most honour'd Lady, your dear sister.... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 Seiten
...and urgent reasons for the same. 21. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTIONS. SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS 1847. ?ttt(Ttiturr Milton. 1. " This evening late by then the chewing...silence," &c. down to " still to be so displaced." Explain this passage fully. Explain the expression "that might create a soul under the ribs of Death." Whence... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1848 - 430 Seiten
...ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and he never more, Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." Lines 555-563. In illustration of Milton's tenderness, we will open almost at a venture. "Now Morn,... | |
 | 1856 - 666 Seiten
...gratified and improved. At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Hose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even silence...strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death ! I shall here mention another characteristic of Milton's poetry, namely, its abounding throughout... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1849 - 432 Seiten
...ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." Lines 555-563. In illustration of Milton's tenderness, we will open almost at a venture. " Now Morn,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1851 - 282 Seiten
...solemn-breathing sound Sose like a stream of rich distilCd perfumet, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Wat took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her...strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death : but O ! ere long, Too well I did perceive it was the voice Of my most honor'd lady, your dear sister.... | |
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O poor hapless nightingale, thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how near the deadly snare ! Then down the lawns I ran with headlong... 
