 | Art - 1853 - 444 pages
...of love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong ; Her form...express'd, Her mind was Virtue by the Graces dress'd." Goldsmith — " poor Goldy !" " the learned fool," — drew the character of Sir Joshua Reynolds in... | |
 | James Thomson - Seasons in literature - 1856 - 344 pages
...voice of love, Her son? the warbling of the vernal grove; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong: Her form each beauty of the mind expressed ; Her mind was virtue by the Graces dressed. . Having quoted the above, Mr. Hugh... | |
 | James Thomson - Seasons in literature - 1856 - 346 pages
...voice of love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soit as her heart, and as her reason strong: Her form each beauty of the mind expressed ; Her mind was virtue by the Graces dressed. Having quoted the above, Mr. Hugh Miller... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pages
...of Love ; Her song the warbling of the vernal grove, Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong ; Her form each beauty of her mind expres'd ; Her mind was virtue by the Graces dresa'd. ( The following inscription is cut on the side... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) - 1858 - 896 pages
...song, the waibling of Ihe vrrnal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter thanh r song, Soft as her hearl, and as her reason strong ; Her form each beauty of her mind expre.'s'd, lier mind was Virtue by the Graces dress'd '. Voilà , Delphine , voilà ce que vous êtes;... | |
 | Henry Southgate - Fore-edge painting - 1865 - 398 pages
...of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong ; Her form...express'd, Her mind was Virtue by the Graces dress'd. Lyttdton. Her Modesty. Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath... | |
 | Women - 1865 - 380 pages
...of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong ; Her form...express'd, Her mind was Virtue by the Graces dress'd. Lyttdton. Her Modesty. Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pages
...voice of love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong ; Her form...express'd, Her mind was Virtue by the Graces dress'd. (Irnvos has an epigram "On Miss Lucy Fortescue, afterwords LytU'ltmi, 1740," which gives as charming... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - Epigrams - 1870 - 652 pages
...of love, Her song the warbling of tlie vernal grove; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong ; Her form...express'd, Her mind was Virtue by the Graces dress'd. Graves has an epigram "On Miss Lucy Fortescue, afterwards Ladr Lyttelton, 1740," which gives as charming... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - Apparitions - 1874 - 306 pages
...voice of love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove, Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong ; Her form each beauty of her mind exprest, Her mind was virtue by the Graces drest." Sir George, the first Lord Lyttleton, who is celebrated... | |
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With gentle female tenderness combin'd, Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song, the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong ; Her form, each beauty of her mind express'd,... 
