HOW oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy... Scottish Notes and Queries - Seite 331888Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 268 Seiten
...ON THE VIRGINALS, &C. UPON HER PLAYING ON THE VIRGINALS. HOW oft when them thy music, music-play'st, Upon that blessed wood, whose motion sounds With thy sweet lingers, when thou gently sway'st The witty concord that mine ear confounds; Do I envy those jacks that nimbly leap, To kiss the tender inward... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 Seiten
...of their woe, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. 58 SONNET CXXVIII. How oft, when tbou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do 1 envy those jacks,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 Seiten
...: Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. CXXV1II. How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon...that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'sl The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks,... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 Seiten
...false esteem : Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. CXXVIII. How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st,...that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently swuy'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy' those jacks,... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 1138 Seiten
...triumphant ! She was certainly a sweet musician, and played Elizabeth's music, the virginals : — " How oft when thou, my music, music play'st. Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1841 - 378 Seiten
...line which we have marked ! and what a pleasant mixture of tenderness and archness throughout 1 *' How oft when thou, my music, music play'st Upon that blessed wood, whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I env^ those jacks,... | |
| A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 Seiten
...false esteem: Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon...that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1842 - 338 Seiten
...— Malone. Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. CXXVIII. How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st...that blessed wood, whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks,1... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 Seiten
...Sonnet has never been exceeded in airy elegance, even by the professed writers of amatory poems : — How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whoso motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'et The wiry concord that mine ear... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 484 Seiten
...esteem : i Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. CXXVIII. How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st,...that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy' those jacks,1... | |
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