 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 528 sidor
...celebrated in British verse, but of a higher mood than the strain already quoted : — " When Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood...of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well." . DRYDEN. To return to the general subject ; — the hemistichs of Lamech, on which we have commented,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 sidor
...celebrated in British verse, but of a higher mood than the strain already quoted: — " When Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood...Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly an*l so well." DBYDKK. To return to the general subject : the hemistichs of Lamech, on which we have... | |
 | Frederick William N. Bayley - 1833 - 902 sidor
...faces fell To worship the celestial sound. Less than a God they thought there could no dwell \Vuii HI the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well. We have only to imagine a guitar inslea> ' of Antes, violins, &c. and Dryden'a line would well apply... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1834 - 328 sidor
...to analyse every composition, as if he wished to break its spell. He never exclaimed with Dryden, " Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That sung go sweetly and so well." Then what were the merits to counterbalance these blemishes ? First,... | |
 | John Warren - 1834 - 262 sidor
...poetry, the first lyre being said to have been made by straining strings over the shell of a Tortoise : Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that ehell, That spoke so sweetly. Dryden. The Hermes or Mercury of the Egyptians surnamed Trismagistus,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 sidor
...Juhal struck the corded shell, His listening hrethren stood around. And, wondering, on their faces full To worship that celestial sound. Less than a God they thought there could not Within the hollow of that shell, [dwell That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passian cannot Music... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 sidor
...celebrated in British verse, but of a higher mood than the strain already quoted : — > " When Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood...of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well" DRYDEJJ. To return to the general subject : the hemistich* of Lamech, on which we have commented, are... | |
 | 1850 - 464 sidor
...their faces fell, To worship the celestial sound : Less than a god they thought there scarce could dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well." Dryden's Ode for St. Cecilia's Dny. The invention of instruments at this early age of the world, implies... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 590 sidor
...music, in the following exquisite lines:— AV hat passion cannot music raise and quell! When Jubal struck the chorded shell His listening brethren stood...of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well:— What passion cannot music raise and quell! As music, which I apprehend had the precedence of poetry... | |
 | 536 sidor
...quell '. When JUBAL struck the chorded shell, His list'ning brethren stood around. * Arid, wond'ring, on their faces fell, To worship that celestial sound....they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow ofthat shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot MUSIC raise f nd quell ? The TRUMPET'S... | |
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Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man. What passion cannot Music raise and quell? When Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood around, And, wondering, on their faces fell To worship that celestial... 
