 Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast : For while I gazed, 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...  Thaddeus of Warsaw. Revised - Page 205by Jane Porter - 1831Full view - About this book
 | Jane Porter - 1806 - 264 pages
...written at the top, " To him who will apply them." On perusing farther, he found them to be Mr. Phillips' beautiful translation of that ode of Sappho, which...immortal gods is he, " The friend who fondly sits by theo, " And hears and sees fhee all the while, " Softly speak, and sweetly smile ! " 'Twaj " 'Twos... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
..., • : Me manque ; je meurs-. • . » de SumiU*. Blest as th'iminortàl gods is he •* The youth who fondly sits by thee*- • And hears and sees thee all the whilô Softly speak and sweetly smile ! Twas this depriv'd my soul of ^est , And rais'd such tuiiiults... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...place, present my reader with the English translation. ' Bless'du th' immortal gods it he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Suftly speak and sweetly smile. ' Twas this depriv'd my wml of rest, And rais'd suet) tumults in my... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1817 - 236 pages
...top, " To him who will apply them." On perusing farther, he found them to he Mr. Addison's heautiful translation of that ode of Sappho, which runs: " Blest as the immortal Gods is he, " The youth who fondly sits hy thee, " Aud hears and sees thee all the while, " Softly speak and sweetly... | |
 | 1840 - 592 pages
...prittleprattle as among the greatest of their charms. " Blest as the immortal gods is he. The happy youth who sits by thee. And hears and sees thee all the while, Softly tpcak, and sweetly smile." Now, speaking all the while, would be no joke, if the ungallant notions... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 330 pages
...three first lines are amazingly rough and awkward. Bless'd as the' immortal gods is he, Til, youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while, &c. It is surprising that such unpoetical expressions as those here marked should escape the censure... | |
 | Martin MacDermot - 1824 - 604 pages
...understand". The following is Philips's translation of this Ode. Blest as the immortal Gods is he The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while, Fondly speak, and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my... | |
 | Jean-Jacques Barthélemy - 1825 - 524 pages
...poem, of which I shall only give you the first stanzas. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee, all the while, Softly speat, and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast;... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1834 - 406 pages
...will apply them." On perusing farther, he found them to be Mr. Addison'l beautiful translation of that of Sappho which runs : " Blest as the immortal gods is he, " The youth who fondly sits by thee, " And hears arid sees thee all the while, " Softly speak and sweetly... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1845 - 336 pages
...written at the top. " To him who will apply them." On perusing farther, he found them to he Mr. Add sou's beautiful translation of that ode of Sappho which runs : " Blest as the immortal Gods is he " The youth who fondly sits by thee, " And hears and sees tkee all the while, " Softly speak and sweetly... | |
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