...his hair; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Make heaven drowsy with the harmony 27. 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...

...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 then most tremblingly alive to...

...Hesprridcs? 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...with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to wiite. Until his ink were tempcr'd with love's sighs ; 0, then his lines would ravish savage ears,...

...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....

...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....

...bright Apollo's lute, strung 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...

...Hesperides? Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; A nd, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to wiite. Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears,...

...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...

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...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 all poets unwittingly...