Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair, And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's... The Worthies of Cumberland ...: John Dalton - Seite 125von Henry Lonsdale - 1867Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Mrs. Monkland - 1839 - 216 Seiten
...but have for the present laid it aside, since I have not been able to decide upon a heroine, and, ' never durst poet touch a pen to write, until his ink were tempered with love's sighs ;' but I have now a prose work in contemplation, which I hope to bring out... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 Seiten
...his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.2 Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were tempered with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 462 Seiten
...their Amandas are often the shadows of some real object ; for as Shakespeare's experience told him, " Never durst poet touch a pen to write. Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs." Their imagination is perpetually colouring those pictures of domestic happiness on which they delight... | |
| William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 Seiten
...with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; Oh, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. From women's eyes... | |
| Album - 1841 - 158 Seiten
...with his hair : And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs : O ! then his lines would ravage savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. From women's eyes... | |
| Artemas Bowers Muzzey - 1841 - 254 Seiten
...The Parting Gift," elegantly bound, price 2s. 6rf. in white silk, 3s. A LOVE GIFT. Second Edition. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were tempered with love's sighs ; And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 Seiten
...both from the custom of the times, and from his own amatory disposition. He has himself told us that " — Love's Labour'» Lett. Act iv. sc. 3. and we have seen that an opportunity for qualification was... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 360 Seiten
...and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony." Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs. O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. From women's eyes this... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 Seiten
...with his hair : And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were tempered with love's sighs : O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 Seiten
...his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.2 Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were tempered with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild... | |
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