 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...  The Juvenile Mentor; Or, Select Readings ... - Page 249by Albert Picket - 1825 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1807 - 474 pages
...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, and giving odour." Twelfth Night, act 1. tc. 1. Lord Bacon, in the following passage, makes the very same comparison.... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 440 pages
...and so die. [Music. 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. [Music. Enough — no more ; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and... | |
 | George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...other senses. „ " 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, and giving odour." Shaks, To the eye some appearances, and even some colours, are productive of pleasure. It is extremely... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 440 pages
...my ear like the sweet south,1 That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour.2 — Enough ; no more ; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was...before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou ! That, notwithstanding thy capacity [i} Amongst thr beauties of this charming similitude, its... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...my ear, like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving adour. — Enough, no more, Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou ! That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth as the sea. nought enters there, Of what validity... | |
 | Eleanor Sleath - 1810 - 208 pages
...MINSTREL. CHAP. I. * ' That strain again !— it had a dying fall ; Oh, it came o'er my ear like the street South, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. SHAKESPEARE. >H, how enchanting are those notes ! surely some being from a happier world — some spirit,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...sicken, and so die. That strain again ; — it had a dying fall : 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing,...sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quiek and fresh art thou ! That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 454 pages
...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,...odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now, a» it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou! That notwithstanding thy capacity... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 460 pages
...south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, ftirf Stealing, * ml giving odour. — Enough ; Do mm e , *Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou ! That notwithstanding thy capacity - ~ , i...t. Receiveth as tfie sea, nonght enters there, Of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 434 pages
...ear like the sweet south,1 That breathes upon a hank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. 2>— Enough ; no more ; *Tis not so sweet now, as it was...before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou ! That, notwithstanding thy capacity [i] Amongst the beauties of this charming similitude, its... | |
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