 Softly on my eyelids laid ; And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood.  The Spectator ... - Page 1421803Full view - About this book
 | Richard Hurd - Theology, Doctrinal - 1811 - 380 pages
...Milton you read with more admiration, than this in the Penseroso ? Entice the dewy-feather'd sleep ; And let some strange mysterious dream Wave at his wings in airy stream ; Of lively portraiture display 'd Softly on my eye-lids laid. Would you think it possible now that the ground-work of this... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...Wave at his wings in aery stream Of lively portraiture displayed, Softly on my eye-lids laid. 1 oO And as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or th' unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail 155 To walk... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...d>*eam Wave at his wings in aery stream Of lively portraiture display'd, Softly on my eye-lids laid. 150 And as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or th' unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail 155 To walk... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...let some strange, mysterious dream Wave at his wings an airy stream Oflivcly portraiture display 'd Softly on my eye-lids laid. And, as I wake, sweet...breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or th' unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...sing, And the waters murmuring With such concert as they keep, Entice the dewy-feather'd sleep; And let some strange mysterious dream Wave at his wings...breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 342 pages
...she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. " Then let some strange mysterious dream Wave with its wings in airy stream Of lively portraiture display'd...music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by spirits to mortals' good, Or the unseen genius of the wood." ' I reflected then upon the sweet vicissitudes... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...keep, Entice the dewy-feather'd Sleep ; And let some strange mysterious Dream Wave at his wings in aery stream Of lively portraiture display'd, Softly on...breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some Spirit to mortals good, Or the' unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...keep, Entice the dewy-feather'd Sleep; And let some strange mysterious Dream Wave at his wings in aery stream Of lively portraiture display'd, Softly on...breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some Spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...let some strange mysterious Dream Wave at his wings in aery stream Of lively portraiture display 'd, Softly on my eye-lids laid : And, as I wake, sweet...breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some Spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 806 pages
...her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Then let some strange mysterious dream Wave with his wings in airy stream, Of lively portraiture display'd...music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by spirits to mortals' good, Or the unseen genius of the wood. tine 61. " I reflected then upon the sweet... | |
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