 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...suppliant's hidden fires, .And give me all my heart desires. A FRAGMENT OF SAPPHO. BLESS'D as the' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee all the while Softly speak, and sweetly smile. Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast; For while I gazed, in transport... | |
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...marks the original. Most of my readers will remember that which begins, Blest as the immortal Oods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears...thee, all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile. It is thus rendered by Mason: Tile youth that gazes on thy charms, Rivals in bliss the Gods on high,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 334 pages
...the true sense of his author, the three first lines are amazingly rough and awkward. Bless'd as the' immortal gods is he. The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while, ixc. It is surprising that such unpoetical expressions as those here marked should escape the censure... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 330 pages
...author, the 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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 278 pages
...of this famous fragment. I shall, in the last place, present my reader with the English translation. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. Twas this deprivM my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport... | |
 | Ugo Foscolo - Platonic love - 1823 - 352 pages
...symptoms enumerated by Sappho." — ELTON. SAPPHO. PHILLIPS'S TRANSLATION. BLEST as the immortal God is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears...thee, all the while, Softly speak, and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; . For, while I gazed, in... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...beauties of this ode, we must suppose a lover sitting by his mistress, and thus expressing his passion : Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And sees and hears thee all the while Softly speak, and sweetly smile. 'Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest,... | |
 | Randolph Fitz-Eustace - 1824 - 338 pages
...ftJV»g, Off-TlC EVftVTIOc Tot Ig-fovEt, xat TTAfla-lov aoV <f><wva cat a-'w'raxouti — Sappho. t Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly...thee all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile. — Phillips. •f Saltusque ingressa viriles, Nou, formidata temeraria Leucade Sappho. siastics of... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...upon, neglected, slighted, Even this would be felicity. ODE. FROM THE GRE£K OF SAPPHO. BLESS'D as the immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee, all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; For, while I gazed, in... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 442 pages
...upon, neglected, slighted, Even this would be felicity. ODE. FROM THE GREEK OF SAPPHO. BLESS'D as the immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee, all the while,. Softly speak and sweetly smile. Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast; For, while I gazed, in transport... | |
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Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. 
