 | 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.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1851 - 420 Seiten
...THE SENTINEL. ' • -. • .-« Where should this music be? i' the air, or the earth ? The Tempat. ——I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul ' . Under the ribs of death. Comui. QUENTIN had hardly reached his little cabin, in order to make some necessary changes in his... | |
 | 1851 - 408 Seiten
...the stillness of vast wood, of .the lady to Echo, of which the listening swain afterwards says — " I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." " Even Silence was took, ere she was 'ware, And wished she might deny her nature." The same effect... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 Seiten
...and wished she might Deny her nature and be never more, Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, 56O And took in 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 honoured lady, your dear sister.... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 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 : but, oh ! ere long, Too well I did perceive it was the voice Of my most honour'd lady, your dear... | |
 | 1852 - 874 Seiten
...and wish'd she miglu Deny her nature, and bo never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all car, 560 ; 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... 
