 Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair, And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's...  Publications [and Papers] - Page 891903Full view - About this book
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...must needs have given vent to his own emotions in " words that burn." He has himself told us that, " Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were tempered with love's sighs," and from the early period of his attachment, we may infer that he was... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...committing, and applies a plaister proportionable to the wound and to the scar. —Clarendon. CCCXXXIX. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs; O! then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. Shakspeare. CCCXL.... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...committing, and applies a plaister proportionable to the wound and to the scar. — Clarendon. CCCXXXIX. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs; O! then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. Shakspeare. CCCXL.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 420 pages
...with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods, Make heaven drowsy with the harmony/ Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. From women's eyes... | |
 | John Evans - Life - 1831 - 322 pages
...from the custom of the times, and from his own amatory disposition. He has himself told us, that — Never durst POET touch a pen to write Until his ink were temper'd with Love't sighs. " And we have seen that an opportunity for qualification was very early placed within... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Make heaven drowsy with the harmony.9 self, Lady Jane Grey, and her sisters, ike. re trite inet temperM with love's sighs ; O, then his linea would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility.... | |
 | W H. Armstrong - 1832 - 298 pages
...By (what the devil should it be, but by) her — wedding ring / LINES Written in a Lady's Album. " Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs." YE myrtle-crown'd nymphs, who in palm groves assemble, And 'fore whom all poets unwittingly tremble,... | |
 | W H. Armstrong - 1832 - 286 pages
...By (what the devil should it be, but by) her — wedding ring ! LINES Written in a Lady's Album. " Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until his ink were tempered with love's §ighs." YE myrtle-crown'd nymphs, who in palm groves assemble, And 'fore whom... | |
 | John Evans - Life - 1834 - 306 pages
...from the custom of the times, and from his own amatory disposition. He has himself told us, that — Never durst POET touch a pen to write Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs. "And we have seen that an opportunity for qualification was very early placed within his power. That... | |
 | John Martin - Private presses - 1834 - 290 pages
...Dedication, &c., 4 leaves. DAVISON'S POETICAL RHAPSODY. With a Preface, by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart., KJ " Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were tempered with Love's sighs; And then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild... | |
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