 Thus o'er the light jEolian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick nerve of every wire, And on its magic pulses play ; — Till all the air around, Mysterious murmurs fill, A strange bewildering dream of sound, Most heavenly sweet,—...  The West Indies, and Other Poems - Page 85by James Montgomery - 1814 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1812 - 850 pages
...grief, The soul to suftering all resign'd In sorrow's music feels relief. Thus o'er the light jColian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick...sublime command, And be the Poet's life thy song. Of vanish'd troubles sing, Of fears for ever fled, Of flowers that hear the voice of spring, And burst... | |
 | 1807 - 532 pages
...grief, Thfe Soul to suffering all resign'd In SORROW'S music feels relief. Thus o'er the light Aolian lyre, The winds of dark November stray, Touch the...heavenly sweet,' — yet mournful still. O snatch tlic llnrp from SORROW'S hand, HOPE ! who hast been a stranger long: — O strike it with sublime command,... | |
 | 1810 - 590 pages
...music of the poetical harp, is happily compared to that of a real one. •Thus o'er the light .<Eolian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick...nerve of every wire, And on its magic pulses play j — ' Till all the air around, Mysterious murmurs fill, A strange bewildering dream of sound, Most... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1811 - 622 pages
...sings, And while her numbers How, My spirit trembles with the strings, Responsive to the notes of woe. O! snatch the Harp from Sorrow's hand, Hope! who hast...sublime command. And be the Poet's life thy song. Of vanish'd troubles sing, Of fears for ever fled, Of flowers that hear the voice of Spring, And burst... | |
 | 1811 - 386 pages
...grief, TV soul to sufferings all resign'd, In Sorrow's music feels relief. , Thus o'er the light JEolian lyre, The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick nerve of ev'ry wire, And on its magic pulses play; Till all the air around, , Mysterious murmurs fill; A strange... | |
 | 1812 - 822 pages
...grief, The soul to suffering all resign'd In sorrow's music feels relief. Thus o'er the light jEolian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick nerve of every wire, And on us magic pulses play ;— Till all the air around, Mysterious murmurs rill, A strange bewildering dream... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...grief, The soul to suffering all resign'd In Sorrow's music feels relief. Thus o'er the light jEolian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick...stranger long; O ! strike it with sublime command, And he the Poet's life thy song. Of vanish'd troubles sing, Of feacs for ever fled, Of flowers that hear... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1820 - 594 pages
...sings, And while her numbers flow, My spirit trembles' with the strings, Responsive to the notes of woe. O ! snatch the Harp from Sorrow's hand, Hope ! who...sublime command. And be the Poet's life thy song. Of vanish'd troubles sing, Of fears for ever fled, Of flowers that hear the voice of Spring, And burst... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1821 - 294 pages
...grief, The soul to suffering all resign'd In Sorrow's music feels relief. Thus o'er the light /Eoliim lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick...mournful still. O ! snatch the Harp from Sorrow's band, Hope ! who hast been a stranger long ; O ! strike it with sublime command, And be the Poet's... | |
 | 1821 - 456 pages
...individual feeling. We extract two stanzas on the JEolian harp : — " Thus o'er the light jEolian lyre The winds of dark November stray, Touch the quick...sound, Most heavenly sweet, — yet mournful still." I must also recommend to my readers an exquisite little piece entitled, "A Walk in Spring ;" " The... | |
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