 How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...  The Merchant of Venice - Page xxxby William Shakespeare - 2006 - 167 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...tents, Where Cressid lay, that night. Jes. In such a night, And bring your music forth into the air. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sotmds of music, Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of,s\veet harmony,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1864 - 598 pages
...to most of our readers, where Lorenzo notes the consonance between moonlight and music : — " How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the strains of music Creep on our ears ; — soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony."... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 312 pages
...pray you, Within the house, your mistress is at hand ; And bring your music forth into the air. flow sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will...sweet harmony, Sit, Jessica: look how the floor of Heav'n Js thick inlay' d with patterns of bright gold. There's not the smallest orb, which thoti behold'st,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...pretty Jessica, like a little shrew, Slander her love, and he forgave it her. • ••••* How sweet the moon-light sleeps upon this bank ! Here...sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica ; look, how the floor of heav'n Is thick inlaid with palines of bright gold ; There 's not the smallest orb which thou beBut... | |
 | Mrs. Isaacs - 1816 - 1410 pages
...HEIRESS OF " Now, my fair friends," said Mr. Godfrey drawing out his flute, " let us have music ; ' Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep...our ears ; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony ;.• and since ' Music is ordain'd To refresh the mind of man,. After his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 322 pages
...Within the house, your mistress is at hand ; And bring your music forth into the air.— [Exit STSHow sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will...harmony. Sit, Jessica: Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold ;' There's not the smallest orb, which thou behold'st, But... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...object but seems to be at rest ; and the musing wanderer can scarce forbear to exclaim with Lorenzo, How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ' ! Here...harmony. Sit, Jessica ; look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patterns of bright gold : There's not the smallest orb, which thou behold'str But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 376 pages
...house, your mistress is at hand ; And bring your musick forth into the air. — [Exit STEPHANO. How sweet the moon-light sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of musick Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, ' Become the touches of sweet harmony. ,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...house, your mistress is at hand ; And bring your musick forth into the air. — ^Exit Stephana. How sweet the moon-light sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of musick Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...journey. Low and Soft. How the sweet moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and.let the sound of music Creep in our ears : soft stillness and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. O my dread lord I should be guiltier than my guiltiness, To think I can be... | |
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