 At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast from her sacred store Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the...  Poétique anglaise - Page 80by Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806Full view - About this book
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pages
...Troy. Thus, long ago, ere heaving bellows learned 1C While organs yet were mute ; [blow, Timotheus, to his breathing flute and sounding lyre. Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soil desirti. At last, divine Cecilia came, Invcntress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast, from... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...long иго, ere heaving bHIows learned tc While orirans yet were mute; [blow, Timotheus, toi i is breathing flute and sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft иикпх At lasi. divine Cecilia с nine, InvenireM of ilic- vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast, from... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 312 pages
...Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell...bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother.wil, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown :... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - 1846 - 390 pages
...Narrative. 11. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. Narrative. 12. At last, divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast, from... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...learn'd to blow, \VhUe organs yet were mute, Timotheus to his breathing fluto And sounding lyre, Ccnld everywhere. Our love was new, and then but in the...doth sing, And stops his pipe in growth of riper solemi sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 pages
...manner. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. 5S3. Pleasure. At last, divine Cecilia came, • Inventress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...Troy ! Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell...bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown :... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...Troy.1 Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timothens, to his breathing flute, And sounding lyre, Could swell...frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Eularg'd the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 318 pages
...Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage- -or kindle soil desire. At last, divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast, from... | |
 | 1851 - 278 pages
...Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell...Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from the sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's... | |
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