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...sudden silence Gave respite to the drowsy-flighted steeds That draw the litter of close-curtained Sleep. At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distilled perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wished...

...frighted steeds That draw the litter of close-curtain'd sleep. At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd Perfumes,...that even Silence Was took e're she was ware, and wish't she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displac't. I was all eare, And took...

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...They were all silent; 'At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose, like a stream of rich distilled perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still, to be so displaced.'* In a few moments the...

...Milton has a direct comparison of sound to fragrance in a very beautiful passage in Comus, 555 fol. : 'At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill' d perfumes, And stole upon the air.' — HUDSON : Pope's change is most certainly right. For...