 Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness...  The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 252edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 278 pages
...my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; Oe'r my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow...pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and dy'd away. lation, I shall desire my learned reader to look into the criticisms which Longinus has made upon the... | |
 | Ugo Foscolo - Platonic love - 1823 - 348 pages
...gone, my voice was lost; My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow...feeble pulse forgot to play; I fainted, sunk, and died away. THE LATTER PART ATTEMPTED MORE LITERALLY. My trembling tongue hath lost its power; Slow,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...gone, my voice was lost. My bosom glow'd, the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame : O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were cbill'd, My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. Tn dewy damps my limbs were chill'd : My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd; My feeble pulse forgot... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - 1823 - 268 pages
...of fire ! fire ! sounded in my ears like the knell of Criticism, and overpowered all my faculties. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill d ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and dy'd away. In plain prose, the shock... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 442 pages
...my voice was lost ; My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung; My ears with hollow murmurs...feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away. A. PHILIPS. VOL. VI. L HYMN TO VENUS. FROM THE GREEK OF SAPPHO. O VENUS, beauty of the skies,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...my voice was lost ; My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs wefe chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted,... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 1006 pages
...my voice was lost ; " My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame : O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung My ears with hollow murmurs...feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away." PHILLIPS'S TRANSLATION. No less beautiful is the hymn to Venus, of which the following... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 414 pages
...gone, my voice was lost; My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung; My ears with hollow murmurs...feeble pulse forgot to play; I fainted, sunk, and died away. HYMN TO VENUS. FROM THE GREEK OF SAPPHO. O VENUS, beauty of the skies, To whom a thousand... | |
 | Wilkins Tannehill - Literature - 1827 - 354 pages
...my voice was lost i My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung; My ears with hollow murmurs rung, In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; 4; i My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; , ., . . "klSTORY OF LITERATURE 57 My feeble pulse forgot... | |
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