...of music dying away when she goes." "That strain again; it hath a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing:, and giving odour! ..." He was proud of his comparison; and then was vexed, and angry tears leapt to his eyes because...

...beautiful. London becomes a summer day at the sound. If ever a tune had a dying fall, and affected one like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour, it is the song of the lavender-sellers. What the words of the song are I am not quite certain. It begins,...

...years, and derive their sweetest perfume from the first heartfelt sigh of pleasure breathed upon them, "like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour!" The Boy and the Book The elder Hazlitt settled definitely, at last, at Wem, in Shropshire, where for...

...appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again; — it had a dying fall: Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. — Enough ! no more ; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before." Every one will notice that Shakespeare...

...lines of Shakespeare's as motto: " That strain again, — it had a dying fall : Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. — Enough; no more, Tis not so sweet now as it was before.' "Yes! In spite of myself, I looked for...

...love, play on ; • ••••*• That strain again 1 It had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets. Stealing and giving odour. It might be supposed, on a first reading, that Bacon's recommendations for the garden were a horticultural...

...beginning of his 'Twelfth Night': 'That strain again! It had a dying fall. Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet South, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.' It is also more complete in itself, for the comparison can be judged by the ear, & does not appeal...

...Night where the Duke exclaims : — " That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south. That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour." I have little doubt that Bacon had this passage in mind when he wrote the Essay of Gardens, which was...

...friends of her parents. MUSIC. THAT strain again ;—it had a dying fall; —O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet South, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour!— THE DOVE SET FREE. BY T. W. KELLY. AH ! mother, mother ! tell me why My pretty turtle-dove So pensive...

...beautiful opening of Twelfth Night : That strain again ! It had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. Yet, somehow, the reflection arises that Shakespeare, much as he loved music, and beautiful as are...