 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
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1853 - 544 pages
...famous fragment. I shall, in the last place, present my reader with the English translation. i. ' Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits...and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly emile. ' 'Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in ray breast : For while I gaz'd,... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 414 pages
...content to die until he had committed the following lines to memory : — Blest as the immortal gods ia he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and...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... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...the last pi**, present my reader with the English translation. " Blest as th' immortal gods is lie, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly unile. 'Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast; For while I gaz'd,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 946 pages
...ode written by Sappho, of which we give the translation, as an example of sublimity : "Blest as Hi' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee. And hears and sees thee all the white. Softly »peak and sweetly smile. Twas this deprived my »oui of rest, And raised such tumults... | |
 | 1853 - 756 pages
...to be printed ^^arrlj 1u«»Tet«d, tail lint IM giren U Blest as th' Immortal gods Is he, •file youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly traiile. Twas this dcprlT'd my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast; >'or while 1 gu'd,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 618 pages
...famous fragment. I shall in the last place present my reader with the English translation. I Blest as th' immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly sits...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. n Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest, And i-ii M such tumults in my breast; For while I gaz'd, in transport... | |
 | Charles Delucena Meigs - 1854 - 710 pages
...every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution." " Blest as the immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee all the while, Softly speak, and sweetly smile!" The great stage of the world, we are informed by the inspired writers, was prepared as the scene of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...the last place present my reader with the English translation. I Blest as th' immortal Gods is ho, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. n. Twas this depriv'd my eoul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 628 pages
...fragment. I shall in the last place present my reader with the English translation. L Blest as th1 immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...smile. II. Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest, And raia'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 542 pages
...famous fragment. I shall in the last place present my reader with the English translation. I. Blest as th" immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits...while Softly speak and sweetly smile. II. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; For while I gazed, in transport tost,... | |
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