| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 278 trang
...of this famous fragment. I shall, in the last place, present my reader with the English translation. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. Twas this deprivM my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport... | |
| Ugo Foscolo - 1823 - 352 trang
...symptoms enumerated by Sappho." — ELTON. SAPPHO. PHILLIPS'S TRANSLATION. BLEST as the immortal God is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears...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... | |
| 1823 - 872 trang
...beauties of this ode, we must suppose a lover sitting by his mistress, and thus expressing his passion : Blest as th' 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 depriv'd my soul of rest,... | |
| Randolph Fitz-Eustace - 1824 - 338 trang
...ftJV»g, Off-TlC EVftVTIOc Tot Ig-fovEt, xat TTAfla-lov aoV <f><wva cat a-'w'raxouti — Sappho. t Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly...thee all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile. — Phillips. •f Saltusque ingressa viriles, Nou, formidata temeraria Leucade Sappho. siastics of... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 442 trang
...upon, neglected, slighted, Even this would be felicity. ODE. FROM THE GREEK OF SAPPHO. BLESS'D as the immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...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... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 trang
...upon, neglected, slighted, Even this would be felicity. ODE. FROM THE GRE£K OF SAPPHO. BLESS'D as the immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...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... | |
| Jean-Jacques Barthélemy - 1825 - 524 trang
...thus does it act on the heart in this little poem, of which I shall only give you the first stanzas. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly...thee, And hears and sees thee, all the while, Softly speat, and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast;... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 370 trang
...bears the sway, Let that frail thing, weak woman, have her way.'' POPE. THE MODERN GRISELDA. CHAPTER I. " Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, Who sees and hears thee all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile." " Is not this ode set to music,... | |
| John Platts - 1825 - 1006 trang
...BTROX. Longinus quotes the following celebrated Ode as an example of sublimity: " Blest as th' immortaj gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thec all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile* " 'Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest, And rais'd... | |
| John Wesley - 1827 - 562 trang
...thought of Sappho's words : " Blest as th' immortal gods is lie, The youtb that fondly aits by tbee ; And hears and sees thee all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile." " Tbou from all shades the darkness wouldtt eiclude, And from a desert banish solitude :" Therefore... | |
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