 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...the harp of ,£olus it bight. Ah me ! what hand can touch the string wfioe' Who up the lofty diapasan roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine,...into the soul ? Now rising love they fann'd ; now pleasinedol* Thty breath'd, in tender musings, through the heart ; And now a graver sacred strain they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...harp of ytolus it bight. Ah me ! what hand can touch the string » 6ne ' Who up the lofty diapasan roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the sou] ? Now rising love they fann'd ; no* pleasirur dote They breath'd, in tender musings, through the... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...the god of winds drew sounds of deep delight: whence, with just cause, the harp of jEolus it bight. Ah me! what hand can touch the string so fine? who...they breath'd, in tender musings, through the heart ; and now a graver sacred strain they stole, as when seraphic hands an hymn impart: wild-warbling nature... | |
 | Anna Seward - Authors, English - 1811 - 452 pages
...the gale, swelling and softening as that rises and falls. " Ah me ! what hand can touch the strings so fine, 'Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, And let them down again into the soul !" This saloon of the Miner vas contains the finest editions,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...the gale, swelling and softening as that rises and falls. " Ah me ! what hand can touch the strings so fine, Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn, airs divine, And let them down again into the soul !" This saloon of the Minervas contains the finest editions,... | |
 | Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813 - 500 pages
...welcome death !" CHAP. CHAP. IV. Ah, me ! whathand can touch the strings so fine — Who up the loftv diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs...They breath'd, in tender musings, through the- heart; And now a graver, sacred strain they stole, As when seraphic hands a hymn impart : Wild warbling nature... | |
 | James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - Laziness - 1818 - 316 pages
...god of winds drew sounds of deep delight ; Whence, with just cause, The harp ofJEolus* it hight. XLI. Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine* Who up the lofty Dinpasan roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soul... | |
 | Frances D'Aubigne - 1819 - 670 pages
...is difficult for a mother to learn to be resigned to the loss of such a child." n 2 CHAPCHAPTER XII. Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine? Who...They breath'd, in tender musings through the heart ; And now a graver sacred strain they stole As when lerapbic hands an hymn impart: Wild-warhling nature... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...The god of winds drew sounds of deep delight : Whence, with just cause, the harp of ^olus it hight. Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine ? Who...They breath'd, in tender musings, through the heart; Such the gay splendour, the luxurious state, Of Caliphs old, who on the Tigris' shore, In mighty Bagdat,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...delight : Whence, with just cause, the harp of .F. •!.!•> it hight Ah me ! what hand can touch die to such absurd commands ? Although their drudge, to be And now a graver sacred strain they stole, As when seraphic hands an hymn impart, Wild-warbling Nature... | |
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Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine ? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soul... 
