| William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...the wretched man outlive his wealth, To view with hollow eye, and wrinkled brow, An age of poverty. ACT V. MOONLIGHT. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon...in our ears; soft stillness, and the night, Become Jthe touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica: Look, how the floor of'heaven Is thick inlaid with patines*... | |
| 1827 - 476 pages
...poplars, gardens, and groves. By moonlight, such scenes might inspire that exquisite description— How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will...our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. Merchant of Venice. The far-famed cathedral remains to be spoken of ; an... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1828 - 378 pages
...the house, your mistress is at hand ; And bring your mnsick forth into the air. — {Exit STEPHANo. Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night,...with patines of bright gold; There's not the smallest orb, which thou behold'st, But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-ey'd chemhins... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...clown ' Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. , MOONLKiHT AND MUSIC. Lorenzo and Jessica. Lor. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank '. Here...harmony. Sit, Jessica : Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with pattens of bright gold ; There 's not the smallest orb, which thou behold'st. But... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1831 - 554 pages
...house, your mistress is at hand ; Ami bring your music forth into the air. — [Exit Stephane. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will...our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. Si', Jessica: Look, how the floor of heaven I» thick inlaid with patines'... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...the house, your mistress is at hand: And bring your music forth into the air. — [Exit STBPHAKO. How f unfurnish'd : Yet look, how far The substance of...the scroll, The continent and summary of my fortune. orb, which thou behold'st, But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins:... | |
| 1833 - 444 pages
...object but seems to be at rest; and the musing wanderer can scarce forbear to exclaim with Lorenzo ; How sweet the moon-light sleeps upon this bank! Here will...harmony. Sit, Jessica; look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patterns of bright gold ; There's not the smallest orb, which thou behold'st, But... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 pages
...the passage, for instance, where the lovers in the Merchant of Venice seat themselves on a bank by moonlight : — How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon...our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. Now a foreign translator, of the ordinary kind, would dilute and take all... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - Life - 1835 - 358 pages
...faint dreams that have floated through our own minds a thousand times without finding utterance : " How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will...harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of Heaven Is thick inlay'd with patines of bright gold ; There's not the smallest orb, which thou behold'et, But... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1835 - 350 pages
...the passage, for instance, where the lovers in the Merchant of Venice seat themselves on a bank by moonlight : — How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon...our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. Now a foreign translator, of the ordinary kind, 1 would dilute and take all... | |
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