| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 542 trang
...of this famous fragment. I shall in the last place present my reader with the English translation. I. Blest as th" immortal gods is he, The youth who...while Softly speak and sweetly smile. II. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; For while I gazed, in transport tost,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1856 - 622 trang
...of this famous fragment. I shall in the last place present my reader with the English translation. I Blest as th' immortal Gods is he, The youth who...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. n. Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast; For while I gaz'd, in... | |
| 1856 - 420 trang
...: — ' Voce loquendwm.' shall, in the 'last place, present my reader with the English translation. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly...sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softljtspeak and sweetly smile. :.. . w 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults... | |
| John Wesley - 1856 - 812 trang
...she talks !" I thought of Sappho's words : — " 'Bless'd as the' immortal gods is he, The youth that fondly sits by thee ; And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile.' • Surely this is the very thing I want ; and could I attain it, I should then no more be solitary... | |
| 1871 - 776 trang
...literature through the translation of Ambrose Phillips, as follows : — "TO A BELOVED WOMAN. " Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee. And hears and sees thee, all the while, Softly speah and sweetly smile. " 'T was that deprived my soul of rest. And raised such tumult in my breast... | |
| Spectator The - 1857 - 780 trang
...witli the Rnglish translation. Blest as UY immortal gods 1ч be. The youth who fondly sits by tbee. And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. Twas this dppriv'd my sou] of rest. And raised such tumults in my breast For while I gaz'd. in transport... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 trang
...so brilliant that Wartou thought Addison must have assisted in its composition : — Blessed as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears aud sees thee all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile. 'T was this deprived my soul of rest,... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1860 - 362 trang
...melody itself. Some conjecture that it was touched up by Addison. A FRAGMENT OF SAPPHO. 1 Blessed as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee all the while Softly speak, and sweetly smile. 2 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast; For while I gazed, in... | |
| 1861 - 858 trang
...Philips follows, from whom we obtain this musical translated " FRAGMENT OF SAPPHO. " Blessed 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 tumult in my breast ; For while I gazed, in... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 trang
...this famous fragment. I shall, in the last place, present my reader with the English trans lation. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the whilo Softly speak and sweetly smile. 'Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults... | |
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