 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1843 - 634 pages
...can hardly read this, without recollecting the most sublime passage, perhaps, in Shakspeare : — " Sit, Jessica : look how the floor of heaven Is thick...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-eyed cherubim... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...house, your mistress is at hand ; And bring your music forth into the air. — [Exit STEPHANO. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will...cherubins ; Such harmony is in immortal souls ; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in, we cannot hear it. — ' Enter Musicians.... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - English literature - 1844 - 522 pages
...dreams that have floated through our own minds a thousand times without finding utterance : " How tweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we...patines of bright gold ; There's not the smallest orb, which thou behold'st, But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiling to the young-ey'd cherubims.... | |
 | Edmund Carmick Watmough, William Linn Brown, Edward Coxe Watmough - Fishing - 1844 - 202 pages
...passed away before any piracies occurred upon those seas. PART IV. " Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold ! There's...sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins." SHAKSPEARE. NIGHT SCENE IN THE TROPICS SUNRISE A VISIT FROM THE NATIVES OP JAVA TRADING FOR PROVISIONS... | |
 | Medicine - 1844 - 588 pages
...used as a beautiful poetic idea, without any knowledge or at least acknowledgment of its author: " Sit, Jessica : look how the floor of heaven Is thick...patines of bright gold ; There's not the smallest orb, which thou beholdst But in his motion, like an angel, sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims:... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1844 - 790 pages
...thoroughly recognised and declared its divine origin and essence ? Lorenzo says to his lady-love : — ' ' Sit, Jessica : Look how the floor of heaven Is thick...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-eyed cherubim.... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - Conduct of life - 1845 - 196 pages
...dreams that have floated through our own minds a thousand times without finding utterance : . "How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will...patines of bright gold ; There's not the smallest orb, which thou behold'st, But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiiing to the young-ey'd cherubims.... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1845 - 690 pages
...the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.' Or that glorious passage in Shakespeare — ' How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will...with patines of bright gold! There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in her motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubim;... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...sweet the moonlight sleeps upon the bank! Here will we sil, and let the sounds of musick Creep into our ears ; soft stillness and the night, .Become the...patines* of bright gold; There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st, i2 * Patinea (Pdtine, Pat£ne, Itdl.') have been generally understood to... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 292 pages
...sweet the moonlight sleeps upon the bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep into our ears ; soft stillness and the night, Become the...patines* of bright gold ; There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st,12 But in her motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed... | |
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How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines... 
