| Thomas Moore - 1817 - 416 pages
...drops of spring rain, which they believe to produce pearls if they fall into shells." — Richardson. Oh ! think what the kiss and the smile must be worth,...is this, it is this. Here sparkles the nectar that, hallow* d by love, Could draw down those angels of old from their sphere, Who for wine of this earth... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1817 - 418 pages
...bless'd with the odour our goblet gives forth, What Spirit the sweets of his Eden would miss ? For oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this. The Georgian's song was scarcely mute, When the same measure, sound for sound, Was caught up by another... | |
| 1817 - 728 pages
...»la passion so sacred is worth Whole ages of heartless and wandering bliss ; i •• • And oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this." GENT. MAG. June, 1817. We shall conclude this article by observing that Mr. Moore is not only an eminent... | |
| 1837 - 588 pages
...be so delightful, Sir, as catching prawns in the midst of the finest scenery in the world; for ' Oh, if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this !' When we were returning the tide was running out at the rate of sixty miles an hour —... | |
| 1822 - 522 pages
...delicious fruit, a tempting fountain played amid this wilderness of sweets; and I exclaimed, " Oh, if there be an Elysium on earth, it is this — it is this !" Instead of becoming fatigued with the journey, I found my strength rapidly returning ; and I inhaled... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 428 pages
...die! One hour of a passion so sacred is worth Whole ages of heartless and wandering bliss ; And oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this. 'Twas not the air, 'twas not the words, But that deep magic in the chords And in the lips, that gave... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...bless'd with the odour our goblet gives forth, What Spirit the sweets of his Eden would miss ? For oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this. The Georgian's song was scarcely mute, When the same measure, sound for sound, Was caught up by another... | |
| Frederick (fict. name.) - 1823 - 128 pages
...they One hour of a passion so sacred is worth Whole ages of heartless and wandering bliss ; And oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this. The heavenly, spiritual part, of the elder Mrs. M., a month before these pages had gone to press, had... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1825 - 326 pages
...Aiii!,bless'd with the odour our goblets gives forth. What Spirit the sweets of his Eden would miss? For ab ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this. The Georgian's song was scarcely mtttn, * When the same measure, sound for sound, * '' Delightful are... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1825 - 374 pages
...! One hour of a passion so sacred, is worth Whole ages of heartless and wandering bliss ; And oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this ! To a lady on her singing. Thy song has taught my heart to feel Those soothing thoughts of heavenly... | |
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