 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...love such a woman ? what, to make thee an instrument, and play false itraini upon thte ? SLattfeart. Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of hcap'd Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the car Of Pluto, to have quite set... | |
 | Hunting - 1805 - 422 pages
...linked sweetness, kng drawn out ; With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice thro' mazes running. Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony." In a short space you shall hearagain from me, when I will endeavoHr to make you acquainted with the... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice thro' mazes running ; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden...have quite set free His half-regain'd Eurydice. These delights if thou canst give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. IL PEXS F.ROSO. (MILTOJf.) HENCE vain... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 522 pages
...linked sweetness long drawn out ,With -wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running ; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. Let us parallel this with the softness, the winding surface, the unbroken continuance, the easy gradation... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed, and_giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. But, were my judgment to decide, I should award the palm, though with some hesitation, to II Penseroso.... | |
 | 1806 - 448 pages
...linked sweetness long drawn out; With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony." IS Allegro, zi. 135, et sej. Milton here shews his acquaintance with the distinguishing characteristic... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice thro' mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that ty The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed )f heapt Elysian flowers, and hear uch strains as would have won the ear )f Pluto, to have quite set... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, .Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden souls of Harmony ; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heapt Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto, to have quite set... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...notes, with many a winding bout With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden...have won the ear Of Pluto, to have quite set free His half regain'd Eurydice. These delights if thou canst give, /f'*T' '•'•' "\<j. Mirth, with thee... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 490 pages
...__~ sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden...head From golden slumber on a bed Of heap'd Elysian flow'rs, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto, to have quite set free His haif-regain'd... | |
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And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through... 
