 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...love was in the next degree ; 'T was but a kindred strain to move ; For pity melts the soul to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed...soul to pleasures, War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honor but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still and still destroying. If... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...That love was in the next degree : 'Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed...soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour, but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...love was in the next degree : 'T was but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. DRYDEN. 431 War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning,... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...sunbeams, 4 1 The Lydian measure was very soft and sweet. So Dryden, OJa on St. Cecilia's Day:— " Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures." 3 A charming adaptation from Shakspeare's " Nymph's Reply to the passionate Shepherd ":— " If these... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1856 - 768 pages
...predominates, from those that succeed them, where the R frequently, and perhaps designedly, occurs: " Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures ;" And:— " Now strike the golden lyre again, A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ; Break his bands... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...That love was in the next degree ; 'Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed...soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...love was in the next degree ; 'Twas but a kindred sound to move ; For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed...soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying.... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...That love was in the next degree : 'Twas but a kindred sound to move; For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed...soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1857 - 524 pages
...next degree ; 'T was but a kindred strain to move ; For pity melts the mind to love. Soft and smooth. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. Quick. Now strike the golden lyre again ! Loud. A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...sunbeams,4 1 The Lydian measure was very soft and sweet. So Dryden, Ode on St. Cecilia's Day : — " Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures." * A charming adaptation from Shakspeare's " Nymph's Eeply to the passionate Shepherd " : — " If these... | |
| |
Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War... 
