 | 1920 - 666 pàgines
...as a recumbent nymph. The following pleasing lines are cut on a stone in front of the figure : — Nymph of the grot these sacred springs I keep And...the cave And drink in silence or in silence lave. In Sir Richard Colt Hoare'a ' Modern Wiltshire ' — Mere Hundred — Stourton parish (1822), p. 66,... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - 1849 - 388 pàgines
...quisquis tangis cava mannora, somnum Rumpere : si bibaa, sive lavas, tacc. Nvmph of the grot, these saered springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. " You'll think I have been very poetieal in this description, but it is pretty near the truth. I wish... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1852 - 336 pàgines
...translated by Pope, (See his Letter to Edward Blount, Esq., descriptive of his grotto). " Nymph of tbe grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." It is, however, quite impossible to convey to an unlearned reader the exquisite and spirit-like beauty... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1852 - 338 pàgines
...Letter to Edward Blount, Esq., descriptive of his grotto). " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs 1 keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep : Ah,...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." It is, however, quite impossible to convey to an unlearned reader the exquisite and spirit-like beauty... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 384 pàgines
...murmur aqu1e. Parce meum, quisquis tangis cava marmora, somuum Rumpcre; si bibas, sivo lavere, tace. Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...the cave! And drink in silence, or in silence lave! You'll think I have been very poetical in this description, but it is pretty near the truth. I wish... | |
 | George Willis - 1856 - 320 pàgines
...murmur aquae ; Farce meum, quisqnis tangis cava murmura, somnum Rumpere ; sive bibas, sive lavere, tace. Nymph of the Grot ! these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Oh ! spare my slumbers 1 gently tread the cave, Or drink in silence, or in silence lave ! Kpovv,av'Eptl,oc... | |
 | Robert Carruthers - 1857 - 578 pàgines
...cava marmora. somntnn Bompere ; si ve bibas, si ve lavere, tice. "Nymph of the grot, these sacrc-.i springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters...the cave ! And drink in silence, or in silence lave ! " You'll think I hare been very poetical in this description, but it is pretty near the truth. I... | |
 | Willis's Current notes - 1857 - 114 pàgines
...murmur aqnse ; Parce meum, quisquistangis cava murmura, somnum Rumpere ; sive bibas, sive lavere, tace. Nymph of the Grot ! these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep; Oh ! spare my slumbers 1 gently tread the cave, Or drink in silence, or in silence lave ! Kpovv<uv"Epicitot... | |
 | Robert Carruthers - 1857 - 554 pàgines
...somnum Bumpere ; sive bibas, sive lavere, t ace. "Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, Ami to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah, spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave I And drink in silence, or in silence lave ! " You'll think I have been very poetical in this description,... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 710 pàgines
...will be better placed in this. Form a couch of moss. The English inscription will then be proper. ' Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...sleep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers ! gently tread the cave L And drink in alienee, or In silence lave 1' " THE GROUND IN GENERAL. sperse jessamine, honeysuckle,... | |
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Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep : And to the murmur of these waters sleep : Ah spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. 
