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" A large Eolian harp is fixed in one of the windows, and, when the weather permits them to be opened, it breathes its deep tones to the gale, swelling and softening as that rises and falls. "
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 236
1811
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...The god of winds drew sounds of deep delight : Whence, with just canse, the Harp of JEolus it hight. Ah me! what hand can touch the strings so fine? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the sonl...
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The Poetical Works of Anna Seward: With Extracts from Her Literary ..., Volume 3

Anna Seward - 1810 - 426 pages
...distant choirs, " when pealing organs blow," And melting voices blend, majestically slow. " But ah ! what hand can touch the strings so fine, " Who up the lofty diapason roll " Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, " Then let them down again into the...
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Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volume 4

Anna Seward - 1811 - 452 pages
...day-light, when the dusk of evening sables, or when night wholly involves the thrice-lovely solitude. • A large Eolian harp is fixed in one of the windows,...hand can touch the strings so fine, 'Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, And let them down again into the soul...
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Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volume 4

Anna Seward - 1811 - 412 pages
...day-light, when the dusk of evening sables, or when night wholly involves the thrice-lovely solitude. A large Eolian harp is fixed in one of the windows,...gale, swelling and softening as that rises and falls. " All me I what hand can tonch the strings so fine, Who up the lolly diapason roll Such sweet, such...
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Select Reviews of Literature, Volume 7

1812 - 560 pages
...day-light, when the dusk of evening sables, or when night wholly involves the thrice-lovely iolitude. A large Eolian harp is fixed in one of the windows, and, when •he weather permits them to be opened, it breathes its deep tones » the gale, swelling and softening...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 7

Enos Bronson - 1812 - 562 pages
...-light, when the dusk of evening sables, or when night wholly involves the thrice-lovely solitude. A large Eolian harp is fixed in one of the windows,...hand can touch the strings so fine, Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn, airs divine, And let them down again into the soul...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 20

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 440 pages
...day light, when the dusk of evening sables, or when night wholly involves the thrice lovely solitude. A large Eolian harp is fixed in one of the windows,...to the gale, swelling and softening as that rises or falls. Ah me ! what hands can touch the strings so fine f Who up the lofty diapason roll, Such sweet,...
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The Seasons: And The Castle of Indolence

James Thomson - 1841 - 352 pages
...The god of winds drew sounds of deep delight, Whence, with just cause, the harp of jEolus it hight. Ah me ! what hand can touch the strings so fine ? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soul...
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The Patrician, Volume 5

John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 636 pages
...dusk of evening sables, or when night wholly involves the thrice-lovely solitude. " A large j*Eolian harp is fixed in one of the windows, and, when the...softening as that rises and falls. ' Ah me ! what hand can toucli the strings so fine, Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn, airs...
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Introduction to American Literature: Or, The Origin and Development of the ...

Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 pages
...The god of winds drew sounds of deep delight: Whence, with just cause, the Harp of ^Eolus it hight. Ah me ! what hand can touch the strings, so fine ! Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soull...
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