...The appetite may sicken, and so die That strain again ;--it had a dying fall : O, it camic o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, . Stealing, and giving odour.— Enough ; no more ) Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. 0 spirit...

...Shakspeare says of soft melody : " 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 and giving odour." And Milton, in one of his early poems, says : — * Alison " On Taste,"...

...relieving his melancholy with music, says : 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. While the contemptuous reproach and impatience of Lady Macbeth uses the...

...which it is difficult to describe, but which Shakespeare expressed thus : " It comes over the heart as soft music does over the ear ; Like the sweet south,...that they derive pleasure from such recollections. Men of that construction are stimulated to do good to others for their own sake. Such a motive may...

...which it is difficult to describe, but which Shakespeare expressed thus: " It comes over the heart as soft music does over the ear ; • Like the sweet...that they derive pleasure from such recollections. Men of that construction are stimulated to do good to others for their own sake. Such a motive may...

...excess of it will make me " surfeit." Line 4. 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 ] Amongst the beauties of this charming similitude, its exact propriety...

...The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again; — it had a dying fall: O, it caifle o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour.— Enough ; no more ; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit...

...it is difficult to describe, but which Shakespeare expressed thus : — " It comes over the heart us soft music does over the ear ; • • " Like the...sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets.'" It b most fortunate for men to have hearts so framed that they derive pleasure from such recollections....

...which it is difficult to describe, but which Shakespeare expressed thus :—" It comes over the heart as soft music does over the ear; " Like the sweet south That breathes upon e. hank of violets.* It is most fortunate for men to have hearts so framed that they derive pleasure...

...of gospel truth, of prayer, and thanksgiving, Would, " come o'er " thine ear," as the poet says, " . like the sweet south, " That breathes upon a bank of violets." It is justly said, that in devotional offices, passion becomes reason, and transpori., temper. Heaven must...