| Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...witli the Rnglish translation. Blest as UY immortal gods 1ч be. The youth who fondly sits by tbee. And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. Twas this dppriv'd my sou] of rest. And raised such tumults in my breast For while I gaz'd. in transport... | |
| Clans - 1877 - 506 pages
...poet Phillips, touched up a little, it is said, by Addison : — Blest as the immortal Gods is be, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees...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... | |
| John Duncan Quackenbos - Classical literature - 1878 - 438 pages
...nonpareil. It has been thus translated by Ambrose Philips, a friend of Addison's : — A LOVE SONG. " Blest as th> immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, Arid hears, and sees thee all the wliile Softly speak and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul... | |
| James De Mille - English language - 1878 - 584 pages
...example of this the famous ode of Sappho, in which the effects of jealousy are described : " Blest as the 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 deprived my soul of... | |
| Gaius Valerius Catullus - 1879 - 258 pages
...of Addison the favourite version of this poem has been that of Ambrose Phillips which is here given. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. 'Twas that deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast, For while I gazed, in transport... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1880 - 618 pages
...of this famous fragment. I shall in tha last place present my reader with the English tran lation. Blest as th' immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. IL Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in... | |
| C. A. M. Burdett - Blank-books - 1880 - 360 pages
...her truth, And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth. Edrv. Afoore.. July5Bless'd as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. Ambrose Philips. Upon her eyelids many graces sit, Under the shadow of her even brows. Spenser (The... | |
| Georg Ebers - German fiction - 1880 - 1026 pages
...to show off in. One would think Eros himself and not a woman, had written it. " Blest as th'immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. "'Twas that deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; For while I gazed, in... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...light, I scarec should be unclasped at night. ALFKliU TUNNVSON. BLEST AS THE IMMORTAL GODS. BLEST as the 'er to meet again ! But never either found another To free the hollow hear thec all the while Softly apeak, and sweetly smile. Twos this deprived my soul of rest, And raised... | |
| Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...seventy-eight; surpassing, in longevity at least, most contemporary poets. A FRAGMENT OF SAPPHO. Blest as the s immortal that thou hast ? Oh! Pythagoras, — Metempsychosis!...that true, This soul should fly from me, and I be cha 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; For while I gazed, in transport... | |
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