...steeds, That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn breathing sound 555 Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more...

...drowsy-flighted steeds " That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep. " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never...

...drowsy-flighted steeds " That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep. " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might " Deny her nature, and be never...

...flighted steeds " That draw the litter of close -curtain'd Sleep. " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence " Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might " Deny her nature, and be never...

...frighted steeds,' That draw the litter of close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...

...musick crept by me upon the waters ,•] So, in Milton's Masque: " — a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air." Steeveiis. « Full fathom Jive thy father lies; &c.] Ariel's lays, (which have been condemned by Gildon...

...1 This musick crept by me upon the waters ;] So, in Milton's Masque: " a soft and solemn breathing sound " Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, " And stole upon the air." Steevens. 6 Full fathom five th) i father lies; &c.] Ariel's lays, (which have been condemned by Gildon...

...justly question the propriety of the length to which the poet's fancy has carried him. Darkness inay aptly be represented by the blackness of the raven;...character of Thyrsis— Whose artful strains have oft delay'd The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. He was retained as a domestic in the earl of Bridgewater's...

...stillness of that darkness may be paralleled by an image borrowed from the object of another sense—by the softness, of down; but it is surely a transgression,...solemn-breathing sound Rose, like a steam of rich dtstill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air. Henry Lawes the musician, who composed the music for this...

...close-curtain'd Sleep.] Perhaps from Shakspeare, Ufae7i, A. ii. At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound 555 Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more,...