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" At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distilled perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even silence Was took ere she was ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. I was all ear,... "
The nocturnal minstrel; or, The spirit of the wood - Page 72
by Eleanor Sleath - 1810
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, 560 And took in strains that might ereate a soul Under the ribs of Death...
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British Theatre, Volume 11

John Bell - 1791 - 294 pages
...distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never more, " Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, " And took in strains that might create a soul " Under the ribs of Death...
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Comus: A Mask

John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 498 pages
...distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never more, " Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, " And took in strains that might create a soul " Under the ribs of Death...
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Bell's British Theatre: Comus, by J. Milton. ... Love in a village, by I ...

1797 - 468 pages
...distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might " Deny her nature, and be never more, " Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, " And took in strains that might create a sonl " Under the ribs of Death...
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Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of ...

John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pages
...distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death:...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 13

1801 - 432 pages
...distilled perfumes, that stole upon the air, That even silence was took ere she was aware, And wish'd she might deny her nature, and be never more; Still to be so displaced." From this enchanting spot we proceeded on to the old Wier bridge, a rude and picturesque...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on ..., Volume 2

1807 - 474 pages
...distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death."...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still, to be so displac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death :...
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Paradise Lost and Regained: With the Latin and Other Poems of John ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...dktill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still, to be so displac'd. I was all car, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death :...
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The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, Volume 2

1811 - 620 pages
...distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wisli'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so digplac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death —...
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