 How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy hand...  Poet Lore - Page 194by Maurice Maeterlinck - 1893Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...least in thy control. UPON HER PLAYING ON THE VIRGINALS. How oft when thou thy musick, musick-play'st, Upon that blessed wood, whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The witty concord that mine ear confounds; Do I envy those jacks that nimbly leap, To kiss the tender inward... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pages
...of their woe, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. 58 SONNET CXXVIII. How oft, when tbou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose...sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do 1 envy those jacks, that nimble leap To kbs the tender inward of thy hand, Whilst my poor lips, which... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...of their woe, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. SONNET CXXVIII. I How oft, uhori tbou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thon gently sway'st The wiry concurd that mine car confounds, Do I enry those jacks, that nimble leap... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...least in thy control. UPON HER PLAYING ON THE VIRGINALS. How oft when thou thy musick, musick-play'st, Upon that blessed wood, whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The witty concord that mine ear confounds ; Do I envy those jacks that nimbly leap, To kiss the tender... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...least in thy control. UPON HER PLAYING ON THE VIRGINALS. How oft when thou thy music, music-play'st, Upon that blessed wood, whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The witty concord that mine ear confounds ; Do I envy those jacks that nimbly leap, To kiss the tender... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...woe *, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. cxxvin. How oft, when thou, my musick5, musick play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds...gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds 6, Do I envy' those jacks 7, that nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy hand 8, Whilst my poor... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...Epigrams, printed at Middlebourg, no date: " Why doth not Ponticus their fame envy ? " MALONE. * _ those jacks, that nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy hand,] So, in Chrononhotonthologus : " the tea-cups skip " With eager haste to kiss your royal lip." STEEVENS.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...: Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. CXXV1II. How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon...motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'sl The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks, that nimble leap To kiss the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...: Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, That every tongue says, beauty should look so. CXXVIII. How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon...motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently swuy'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy' those jacks, that nimble leap To kiss... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 1138 pages
...triumphant ! She was certainly a sweet musician, and played Elizabeth's music, the virginals : — " How oft when thou, my music, music play'st. Upon that...nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy hand !" And he adds an exquisite line — " with those dancing chips O'er whom thy fingers walk with gentle... | |
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