 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
 | Jane Porter - 1834 - 406 pages
...found them to be Mr. Addison'l beautiful translation of that of Sappho which runs : " Blest as the immortal gods is he, " The youth who fondly sits by thee, " And hears arid sees thee all the while, " Softly speak and sweetly smile. *' 'Twas this deprived my soul of resti... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...Architects by Allan CunA TRANSLATION FROM SAPPHO. AMBROSE PHILIPS. Born [16-1]— Died 1749. Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile ! Twas this bereav'd my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd in transport... | |
 | 1835 - 378 pages
...Allan Cunningham.] A TRANSLATION FROM SAPPHO. AMBROSE PHILIPS. Born [1671]— Died 1749. Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile ! 'Twas this bereav'd my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd in... | |
 | Anacréon - 1835 - 222 pages
...tomhe , je me meurs. FIRMIN DIDOT. (1834.) Blest as th'immortal gods is he The youth who fondly sits hy thee , And hears and sees thee all the while , Softly speak , and sweetly smile. 'Twas Ibis depriv'd my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 pages
...with the English translation. Blest as Hi' immortal gods is he. The youth who fondly Bits by tbee. And 'hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile. 'Twas Ihia dcpriv'd my «oui of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in... | |
 | 1840 - 372 pages
...alone, And Cupids yoke the doves. AMBROSE PHILIPS. 1671-1749. 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 deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast ; For while I gazed, in transport... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pages
...alive in 1810."] strain : they are a translation from Sappho, by Ambrose Phillips: — " BLEST as the ttíee all the while, So softly speak, and sweetly smile.-, 'Twas this bereav'd my soul of rest, ç... | |
 | sir William Cathcart Boyd - 1843 - 444 pages
...warmest feelings in the passion of love, which Sappho experienced in all their acuteness. Blest 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... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1845 - 336 pages
...found them to he Mr. Add sou's beautiful translation of that ode of Sappho which runs : " Blest as the immortal Gods is he " The youth who fondly sits by thee, " And hears and sees tkee all the while, " Softly speak and sweetly smile. " "Twos this deprived my soul of rest, " And... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1846 - 436 pages
...emotion which marks the original. Most of my readers will remember that which begins, • Blest as the immortal Gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by...thee, all the while, Softly speak and sweetly smile. It is thus rendered by Mason: The youth that gazes on thy charms, Rivals in bliss the Gods on high,... | |
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