Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine ? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soul ? Now rising love they... Anselmo; or, The day of trial - Page 60by Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813Full view - About this book
| James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 236 pages
...produces the effect here described. XLI. Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs...now pleasing dole They breath'd, in tender musings, thrd' the heart ; And now a graver sacred strain they stole, As when seraphic hands a hymn impart ;... | |
| Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1806 - 480 pages
...struck with an expressive hand, and then the voice she had formerly listened to accompanied it. * " Now rising love they fann'd, now pleasing dole They...graver, sacred strain they stole, As when seraphic hands an hymn impart!" Emily wept in doubtful joy and tenderness; and, when the strain ceased, she considered... | |
| James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...of jEolus it hight. XLI. Ah me! what hand can touch the string so fine>. Who up the lofty Diapasan roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine,...them down again into the soul? Now rising love they fan'd ; now pleasing dole They breath'd, in tender musings, through the heart; And now a graver sacred... | |
| Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...harp of -iEolus it hight. Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine ? Who up the lofty diapasan roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down agnin into the soul ? Now rising love they fann'd ; now pleasing dole They breath'd, in tender musings,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...canse, the Harp of JEolus it hight. Ah me! what hand can touch the strings so fine? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the sonl ? Now rising love they iann'd ; now pleasing dole They breath'd, in tender musings, thro' the... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
..../Bolus* it hight. Ah me ! what hand can touch the string; so U'ho up the lofty diapason roll if"¥ ' Pregnant with thousands flits the scrap unseen, •\ml silent sells a kin?, or buys ? Nuwrisinglovc they fuun'd , now pleasing dole They breath'd, in tender musings, thro1 the heart ;... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...the harp of ,£olus it bight. Ah me ! what hand can touch the string wfioe' Who up the lofty diapasan roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine,...into the soul ? Now rising love they fann'd ; now pleasinedol* Thty breath'd, in tender musings, through the heart ; And now a graver sacred strain they... | |
| Anna Seward - 1810 - 426 pages
...voices blend, majestically slow. " But ah ! what hand can touch the strings so fine, " Who up the lofty diapason roll " Such sweet, such sad, such solemn...airs divine, " Then let them down again into the soul !" * The prouder sex as soon, with virtue calm, Might win from this bright pair pure Friendship's spotless... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...harp of ytolus it bight. Ah me ! what hand can touch the string » 6ne ' Who up the lofty diapasan roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the sou] ? Now rising love they fann'd ; no* pleasirur dote They breath'd, in tender musings, through the... | |
| William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...cause, the harp of jEolus it bight. Ah me! what hand can touch the string so fine? who up the lofty diapason roll such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs...graver sacred strain they stole, as when seraphic hands an hymn impart: wild-warbling nature all, above the reach of art ! Such the gay splendour, the luxurious... | |
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