 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...  With the Poets: A Selection of English Poetry - Page 42by Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...median stress '; ' smooth ' and ' pure 1 quality ' of tone ; and moderate inflections. Example. " How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will...our ears ! soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. 5 Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gdld... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...'median stress'; 'smooth' and 'pure' ' quality ' of tone ; and moderate inflections. Example. " How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will...Creep in our ears ! soft stillness, and the night, Bec&me the touches of sweet harmony. : 5 Look how the floor of heaven But | in his motion | like an... | |
 | 1844 - 332 pages
...1844. MOONLIGHT. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. Here will we sit, and let the sound of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the...harmony. Sit, Jessica : look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold; There 's not the smallest orb, which thou beholdst, But in... | |
 | Henry Allon - 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;... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 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.... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...for it, Though I alone do feel the injury. Lorenzo and Jessica speak. How sweet the moonlight sleeps4 upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds...harmony. Sit, Jessica ; look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines5 of bright gold ; There's not6 the smallest orb which thou behold'st, But... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1846 - 560 pages
...pray you, Within the house, your mistress is at hand; And bring your music forth into the air.— 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 quiring to the young-eyed cherubins;... | |
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