 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 474 pagina’s
...play oik; Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. • That strain again; — it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my...upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1823 - 498 pagina’s
...exquisite lines upon this flower, where the duke, listening to plaintive music, desires " That strain again ; it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear...upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour." We are told, in the notes to Mr. Steevens' Edition of Shakspeare, that the Violet is an emblem of faithfulness... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 pagina’s
...Twelfth Night, relieving his melancholy with music, says: That strain again ! it had a dying fall ! Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. While the contemptuous reproach and impatience of Lady Macbeth uses the exclamation in a harsh and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pagina’s
...surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : <), bought me lights as good cheap, at the dearest chandler's in Europe. I Enough ; no Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pagina’s
...love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.That strain again; it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. NATURAL AFFECTION ALLIED TO LOVE. O, she, that hath a heart of that fine frame, To pay this debt of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pagina’s
...play on. Give me excess of it ; that, surfeiting. The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er...upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. — Enough ; DO more ; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, bow quick and fresh... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 428 pagina’s
...these charming lines imitated his favourite Shakespeare, Twelfth Night at the beginning. That strain again, it had a dying fall ; O, it came o'er my ear,...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. Thyer. 555. The idea is strongly implied in these lines of Jonson's Vision of Delight, a Masque presented... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pagina’s
...play on, Give me excess of it ; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er...upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pagina’s
...his favourite Shakespeare, Twelfth Night at the beginning. That strain again, it had a dying /all ; O, it came o'er my ear, like the sweet south, That...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. Thyer. 555. The idea is strongly implied in these lines of Jonson's Vision of Delight, a Masque presented... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pagina’s
...surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. — That strain again ; it had a dying fall : Oh ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet South, That breathes...upon a bank of Violets, Stealing, and giving odour! There are several kinds of Violets; but the fragrant both blue and white is the earliest, thence called... | |
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If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing... 
