| Sir Walter Scott - 1819 - 350 pagine
...Ashton heard the sound of his daughter's lute. Music, when the performers are concealed, affects us with a pleasure mingled with surprise, and reminds us of...against the singer, — From the red gold keep thy finger, — Vacant heart, and hand, and eye, — Easy live and quiet die. m The sounds ceased, and... | |
| 1819 - 792 pagine
...beauty's charming,— Sit thou still when kings are aiming,— Taste not when the wine cup glinens,— Speak not when the people listens,— Stop thine ear...against the singer,— From the red gold keep thy finger,— Vacant heart, and hand, and eye,— Easy live and quiet die. But the unforeseen sequence... | |
| 1819 - 792 pagine
...beautiful little song — little dreaming what a contrast it was ultimately to afford to her own destiny. Look not thou on beauty's charming, — Sit thou still when kings are arming, — Taste not when the wine cup glistens,— • Speak not when the people listens,— Stop tliine ear against the singer,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1822 - 268 pagine
...thou on beauty's charming 1 ,— Sit thou still when king's are arming,— Taste not when the wine cup glistens,— Speak not when the people listens,—...against the singer,— From the red gold keep thy finger,— Vacant heart, and hand, and eye,— Easy live and quiet die.' ',The sounds ceased, and the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 376 pagine
...Ashton heard the sound of his daughter's lute. Music, when the performers are concealed, affects us with a pleasure mingled with surprise, and reminds us of...against the singer, — From the red gold keep thy ringer, — Vacant heart, and hand, and eye, — Easy live and quiet die." The sounds ceased, and the... | |
| Edwin Guest - 1838 - 342 pagine
...| as hang|: on Heb|e's cheek|, &c. L'Allegro. Les|ser than|: Macbeth | and great|er Macbeth, 1. 3. Look | not thou| : on beau|ty's charm|ing, Sit | thou...against | the sing|er, From the red gold keep thy finger, Easy live, and quiet die. Walter Scott. Vacant heart, and hand, and eye, 1:9. is occasionally... | |
| Edwin Guest - 1838 - 346 pagine
...as hang| : on Heb|e's cheek|, &c. L 'Allegro. Les|ser than| : Macbeth | and great|er. Macbeth, 1. 3. Look | not thou| : on beau|ty's charm|ing, Sit | thou...peo|ple lis|tens, Stop | thine ear| : against | the 8ing|er, From the red gold keep thy finger, Vacant heart, and hand, and eye, Easy live, and quiet die.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1844 - 748 pagine
...Ashton heard the sound of his daughter's lute. Music, when the performers are concealed, affects us with a pleasure mingled with surprise, and reminds us of...against the singer. — From the red gold keep thy finger, — Vacant heart, and hand, and eye, — Easy live and quiet die." The sounds ceased, and the... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1852 - 404 pagine
...accompaniment in an ancient air, to which some one had adapted the following words : — " Look not them on beauty's charming, — Sit thou still when kings...wine-cup glistens, — Speak not when the people listens, — Slop thine ear against the singer, — From the red gold keep thy finger, — Vacant heart, and... | |
| Walter Scott - 1853 - 660 pagine
...heard the sound of his daughter's lute. Music, when the performers are concealed, affects us with «i pleasure mingled with surprise, and reminds us of...listens,— Stop thine ear against the singer,— ..i , ..•: From the red gold keep thy finger-— Vacant heart, and hind and eye, — Easy live and... | |
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