 | Alexander Pope - 1735 - 468 σελίδες
...art, ah gently tread the Cave, Ah bathe in filence, or in filence lave. • i * - i ' . ' 4 " You'll think I have been very Poetical in this Description, but it is pretty near the Truth. I wifh you were here to bear Teftimony how little it owes to Art, either the Place itfelf, or the Image... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 σελίδες
...Nymph of the Grot, thefe facred Springs I keep, And to the Murmur of thefe Waters fleep ; Ah fpare my Slumbers, gently tread the Cave ! And drink in Silence, or in Silence lave ! You'll think I have been very poetical in this Defcriprion, but it is pretty near the Truth. I wifh... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1801 - 362 σελίδες
...verses by Cardinal Bembo: — " Nymph of the Grot, these sacred springs I keep, " And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; " Ah ! spare my slumbers,...cave, " And drink in silence, or in silence lave." " Hujus Nympha loci, sacri custodia fontis, " Dormio, dnm blaqdae sentio murmur aquae; !' Parce meum,... | |
 | John Britton - 1814 - 1124 σελίδες
...a stone : Nymph of the grot th;se sacred spring! I keep. And to the murmur of these waters ileep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave. And drink in silence, or in silence lave. In another part is a figure of a river god, with a vessel, pouring forth a perpetual stream. After... | |
 | John Britton - 1801 - 358 σελίδες
...bath. " Nymph of the grot—these sacred streams I keep, And to the murmur of the waters sleep ; Oh ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." * Anecdotes of Painting in England, Vol. IV. Quitting this subterranean abode, I ascended a flight... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 612 σελίδες
...Latin verses by cardinal Bcmbo :— f Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." " Hujus nympha loci, sacri custodia fontis, Dormio, dum blandns sentio murmur aqux. Parce me'um, quisquis... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 614 σελίδες
...verses by cardinal Bembo:— " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I teep, ( And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in .ilence, or in silence lave." " Hujus nympha loci, sacri custodia fontis, Dormio, dum bland* sentio... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 σελίδες
...Rumpere ; seu bibas, sive larere, tace. Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep. Ah! spare my slumbers, gently...in silence, or in silence lave. " You. will think I hs,vs been very poetical in this description, but it is pretty nearly the truth." This letter was written... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 σελίδες
...tace. " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Oh ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." The improving of this grotto was the favourite amusement of his declining years ; so that not long... | |
 | Samuel Owen - 1811 - 416 σελίδες
...cava marmora somnura Rumpere; si bit:as, sive lavare, tacc ! Nymph of the grot, theie sacred streams I keep, And to the murmurs of these waters sleep....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... | |
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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 ! You'll think I have been very Poetical in this Description, but it is pretty... 
