 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
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...thy suppliant's hidden fires, And give me all my heart desires. A FRAGMENT 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 depriv'd my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 300 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...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. 'Twas this depriv'd my soul of re*t, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pages
...di^miss'd (while yo t remain), Bore back their empty car ag :iu : A FRAGMENT OF SAPPHO. BLEST as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee all the while Softly speak, and sweetly smile. 'T was this depriv'd my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast; For while I gaz'd, in transport... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 796 pages
...mistaking the true sense of his author, the three first lines are amazingly rough and awkward. Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears aud sees thee all the nttilt, 4c. It is surprising, that such unpoetical expressions, as those here... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...heart desires. A FRAGMENT OF SAPPHO. ! > M - i as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits hy thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak, and Sweetly smile. 'T was this depriv' d my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my hceast; For while I gaz'd, in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...fragment. I shall in the last place present my reader with the English translation. I. Blest as tli' immortal Gods is he. The youth who fondly sits by...Softly speak and sweetly smile. • II. 'Twas this deprivM my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast : For while I gaz'd, in transport tost,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...in the last place, present my reader with the English translation. ' Bless'du th' immortal gods it he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Suftly speak and sweetly smile. ' Twas this depriv'd my wml of rest, And rais'd suet) tumults in my... | |
 | John Wesley - 1812 - 448 pages
...agreeably she talks ? 1 thought of Sappho's words : " Blest as tlf immortal gods is he, The youth that fondly sits by thee ; And hears and sees thee all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile." Surely this is the very thing I want ; and could I attain it, I should then no more be solitary ! For,... | |
 | 1814 - 632 pages
...thai which Sappho expressed for her fair liictul to whom she inscribed that inimitable ode, " Blest as th* immortal gods is he The youth who fondly sits by thee," &c. It was necessary, therefore, to apply for information OB the subject of this language to females... | |
 | John Wesley - 1817 - 276 pages
...agreeably she talks? I thought of Sappho's words: " Blest as th' immortal Gods is he, The youth that fondly sits by thee : • » And hears and sees thee all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile.'' Surely this is the very thing I want : and could I attain it, I should then no more be solitary ! For,... | |
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