At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast from her sacred store Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the... Poétique anglaise - Página 80por Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 páginas
...came, Inventress of ike vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store Enlarged the fanner narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and art unknown before, Let old Timotheus yield. the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal... | |
| William Scott - 1829 - 420 páginas
...organs yet were mute ; Timotheus to his breathing flute , «h And sounding lyre, Could swell the son! to rage, or kindle soft desire. At last divine Cecilia...bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown :... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 834 páginas
...extraordinary emotion of soul, makes it seem to us that we behold those things which the poet paints. Dryden. At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal...frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store. Enlarged the former narrow bounds. And added length to solemn sounds. With nature's mother-wit, and... | |
| John Dryden - 1832 - 342 páginas
...VII. Thus, long ago, 155 Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute, And sounding lyre, Could swell...narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, 1ds With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown beLet old Timotheus yield the prize, [fore. Or both... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 páginas
...another Troy. Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell...frame. The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...another Troy! Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute; Timotheus, to his breathing flute, And sounding lyre, Could swell...frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and... | |
| Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1832 - 312 páginas
...Cecilia lived to practise, and died to glorify, and only a hasty intimation of her sacred power. " At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal...frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and... | |
| Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1832 - 304 páginas
...St. Cecilia liyeA to practise, and died to glorify, and only a hasty intimation of her sacred power. "At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal...frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 páginas
...manner. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. 797. Pleasure. At last, divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast, from... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 páginas
...learned to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Gould swell the soul to rage — or kindle soft desire....frame. The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added strength to solemn sounds, With nature's mother wit, and... | |
| |