 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...full discharge. What windy joy this day had I conceiv'd Hopeful of his delivery, which now proves 1575 Abortive as the first-born bloom of Spring Nipt with the lagging rear of Winter's frost 1 . Yet ere I give the reins to grief, say first How dy'd he; death to life is erown or shame. All... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 498 pages
...she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never more, " Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, " And took in strains that might create a soul " Under the ribs of Death — but oh ! ere long 380 " Too well I did perceive it was the voice " Of my most honour'd lady your... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pages
...she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never more, " Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, " And took in strains that might create a soul " Under the ribs of Death — but oh! erelong 380 " Too well I did perceive it was the voice " Of my most honour'd lady your... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...us outcast, exil'd, his new delight, Mankind created, and for him this world. So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost : Evjl, be thou my good ; by thee at least n0 Divided empire with Heav'n's King I hold, By thee, and... | |
 | 1797 - 468 pages
...she was 'ware, and wish'd she might " Deny her nature, and be never more, " Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, " And took in strains that might create a sonl " Under the ribs of Death — but oh ! ere long 380 •" Too well I did perceive it was the voice... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pages
...ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, 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 honour'd lady, your dear sister.... | |
 | 1802 - 442 pages
...expression »mong many that maybe remarked in Comus. Sonnet 33, 1. 4. " Become all ear." Comus, 1. 560. " I was all ear And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death" Drummond's was probably taken from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia. " / was all ear to catch the heavenly... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...full discharge. 1375 What windy joy this day had 1 conceiv'd Hopeful of his delivery, which now proves Abortive as the first-born bloom of Spring Nipt with the lagging rear of winter's frost I Yet ere I give the reins to grief, say first How dy'd he ; death to life is crown or shame. All by... | |
 | John Milton - 1808 - 96 pages
...wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, 5(50 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 honour'd Lady, your dear Sister.... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still, tobe so displac'd. I was all ear, 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 honour'd Lady, your dear Sister.... | |
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I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death. 
