DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. 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... The Metropolitan - Seite 3541848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Gregory - 1809 - 384 Seiten
...produced upon our other senses. „ " 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 odour." Shaks, To the eye some appearances, and even some colours, are productive... | |
| John Walker - 1810 - 394 Seiten
...appetite may sicken, 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 adour. — Enough, no more, Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of... | |
| William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 Seiten
...The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : 0, 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 now, as it was before. O spirit... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 454 Seiten
...appetite may sickeu, 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 odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now, a» it was before. O spirit... | |
| Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 Seiten
...to the popular ballads of particular Countries, such as Switzerland and Scotland. They come o'er the ear, like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odourThey show in the greatest degree the power of the association of ideas. They... | |
| 1814 - 378 Seiten
...describe, but which Shakespeare expresses thus .- — " It comes over the beart as soft music does over the ear ; " Like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets." It is most fortunate for men to have hearts so framed that they derive pleasure from such recollections.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 Seiten
...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 south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough; no more; Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again : — it had a <lying fall : O, 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 now as it was before. O spirit of love,... | |
| Sarah Harriet Burney - 1817 - 294 Seiten
...aa he seated himself, " I thought, not long since, that I heard the sound of music, stealing o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets. " Who was the fair harmonist ? and why have her syren strains so speedily ceased ?" Geraldine smiled,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 Seiten
...know not."— Sliakespear alone could describe the effect of his own poetry. " Oh, it came o'er the ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour." What we so much admire here is not the image of Patience on a monument,... | |
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