 Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile.  Bell's Edition - Page 101by John Bell - 1799Full view - About this book
 | 1823 - 426 pages
...famous fragment. I shall, in the last place, present my reader with the English translation. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast; * u bile I gaz'd, in transport... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 278 pages
...famous fragment. I shall, in the last place, present my reader with the English translation. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. Twas this deprivM my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport... | |
 | Ugo Foscolo - 1823 - 352 pages
...symptoms enumerated by Sappho." — ELTON. SAPPHO. PHILLIPS'S TRANSLATION. BLEST as the immortal God is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears...thee, all the while, Softly speak, and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; . For, while I gazed, in... | |
 | 1823 - 874 pages
...this ode, we must suppose a lover sitting by his mistress, and thus expressing his passion : Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And sees and hears thee all the while Softly speak, and sweetly smile. 'Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest,... | |
 | Randolph Fitz-Eustace - 1824 - 338 pages
...ftJV»g, Off-TlC EVftVTIOc Tot Ig-fovEt, xat TTAfla-lov aoV <f><wva cat a-'w'raxouti — Sappho. t Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits...thee all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile. — Phillips. •f Saltusque ingressa viriles, Nou, formidata temeraria Leucade Sappho. siastics of... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 408 pages
...upon, neglected, slighted, Even this would be felicity. ODE. FROM THE GRE£K OF SAPPHO. BLESS'D as the immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee, all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; For, while I gazed, in... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 442 pages
...upon, neglected, slighted, Even this would be felicity. ODE. FROM THE GREEK OF SAPPHO. BLESS'D as the immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee, all the while,. Softly speak and sweetly smile. Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast; For, while I gazed, in transport... | |
 | Jean-Jacques Barthélemy - 1825 - 524 pages
...does it act on the heart in this little poem, of which I shall only give you the first stanzas. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits...thee, And hears and sees thee, all the while, Softly speat, and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast;... | |
 | John Platts - 1825 - 1006 pages
...BTROX. Longinus quotes the following celebrated Ode as an example of sublimity: " Blest as th' immortaj gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thec all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile* " 'Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest, And rais'd... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 370 pages
...sway, Let that frail thing, weak woman, have her way.'' POPE. THE MODERN GRISELDA. CHAPTER I. " Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, Who sees and hears thee all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile." " Is not this ode set to music,... | |
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