 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 440 pages
...appetite may sicken, and so die. [Music. That strain again ; it had a dying fall : Oh, it came o'er my ear, like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. [Music. Enough — no more ; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and... | |
 | Sarah Harriet Burney - 1808 - 312 pages
...-"seated'himself, " I 'thought, not'Jong since, ! *hat 4 heard the-sound *t)f * mttsic, -stealing o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets. << Who was the fair ihaft&fti&t ? -find have her syfefl strains so speedily ceased ?" Geraldine smiled,... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pages
...produced upon our other senses. „ " That strain again ; — it had a dying fall, O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour." Shaks, To the eye some appearances, and even some colours, are productive of pleasure. It is extremely... | |
 | Eleanor Sleath - 1810 - 208 pages
...MINSTREL. CHAP. I. * ' That strain again !— it had a dying fall ; Oh, it came o'er my ear like the street South, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. SHAKESPEARE. >H, how enchanting are those notes ! surely some being from a happier world — some spirit,... | |
 | John Walker - 1810 - 394 pages
...appetite may sicken, and so die — That strain again ; — it had a dying fall ; O, it came o'er my ear, like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving adour. — Enough, no more, Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ; no more ; Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quiek and fresh... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 454 pages
...appetite may sickeu, and so die.- * • That strain again ;— it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now, a» it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 pages
...sight, the noblest of our senses, are indulged by the arts with their proper gratifications. As painting and sculpture produce the means of enjoyment to the...sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odourThey show in the greatest degree the power of the association of ideas. They... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pages
...The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough; no more; Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh... | |
 | 1814 - 378 pages
...describe, but which Shakespeare expresses thus .- — " It comes over the beart as soft music does over the ear ; " Like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets." It is most fortunate for men to have hearts so framed that they derive pleasure from such recollections.... | |
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DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear... 
