 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 頁
...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 sound Under the ribs of death. The illustration of that inimitable stroke of the power of the Lady's... | |
 | 1872 - 500 頁
...to which, even more than to the glorious " Creation," the words of Milton may be justly applied : " I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." Several biographies have been written of Handel and of Haydn, and the life of Beethoven is perhaps... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 頁
...she was 'ware, & wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. I waa all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death : but O, ere long, Too well did I perceive it was the voice Of my most honour'd Lady, your dear sister. Amazed... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 頁
...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." " Till an unusual stop of sudden silence," &c. Explain this and the two following lines : — From... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1848 - 430 頁
...ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and he never more, Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." Lines 555-563. In illustration of Milton's tenderness, we will open almost at a venture. "Now Morn,... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 頁
...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. " Till an unusual stop of sudden silence," &c. Explain this and the two following lines : — From... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1849 - 432 頁
...ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." Lines 555-563. In illustration of Milton's tenderness, we will open almost at a venture. " Now Morn,... | |
 | 1856 - 666 頁
...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 ! I shall here mention another characteristic of Milton's poetry, namely, its abounding throughout... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 頁
...ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death: but, O! ere long. Too well I did perceive it was the voice Of my most honour'd lady, your dear sister. Amazed... | |
 | 1851 - 408 頁
...the stillness of vast wood, of .the lady to Echo, of which the listening swain afterwards says — " I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." " Even Silence was took, ere she was 'ware, And wished she might deny her nature." The same effect... | |
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I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death. 
