...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound 555 Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware , and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more...

...Hist, of Java, ii. p. 13. c Fasti, v. d This poet compares sounds to perfumes : — a solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air. Bouhours has a beautiful simile — " Whatever is delicate in thought and expression in good writers...

...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd sleep ; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound 655 Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...

...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd sleep ; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound 555 Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...

...silence Gavo respite to the drowsy frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep ; dale, heap'd into one expanse Of marbled snow, as...can sweep, With a blue crust of ice unbounded glaz that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...

...silence Gave respite to the drowsy frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep ; his riper stage. And beads and prayer-books are the...age : Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that befo that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...

...silence Gave respite to the drowsy frighted steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep ; ss event destroy'd, Of useless wealth and greatness...unenjoy'd, Of lust and love, with their fantastic train. Th that even Silence Was look ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...

...drowsy-flighted steeds That draw the litter of close-curtain'd sleep ; At last, a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...

...waking bliss, I never heard till now." Lines 244-204. " Spirit. — At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes. And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more...

...like softly-breathing odour, Steals on my sense ?" Milton has a very similar passage in his Comas, "At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes." My reason for calling your attention to the subject is, that I have never seen in any of the recent...