 Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring : Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string.  Papers for teachers - Page 2001880Full view - About this book
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, . That from...spring ; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. 1 Edward King, Esq. the son of Sir John King, knight, secretary for Ireland. He was sailing from Chester... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...with all that were on board, August 10, 1637. Mr. King was a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse : So may some gentle Muse "With lucky words favor my destined urn ; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind,. Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove d_oth spring ; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string: Hertge wifh denial vain, and coy excuse... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...sepulchro. T. Warton. Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin,...gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, 30 And as he passes turn, 14. Without the meed] Without the reward. Spenser, Faery Queen, b. ii. cant.... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from...the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin, and somewhat londly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse ; So may some gentle Muse With lucky... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...seems to have given the genuine reading, " N«r Joxgux " pipit rpihx," [v. 1 133.] T. Warton. 1"5. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring,"} He means Hippocrene, a fountain consecrated to the Muses on mount Helicon, on the side of which was... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin, and somewhat loudlv sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse : So may some gentle Muse With lucky... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...welter to the parehing wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the Saered hrough heaps of snow. • * * * * As thus the snows arise, and foul and fieree Henee with denial vain, and eoy exeuse, So may some gentle Muse With lueky words favour my destin'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...utriusque sexus participationem habere numina. So, in his Lycidas, he says (unless it be a false, print) " So may some gentle Muse " With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, " And as he passes turn ;" where Muse in the masculine for poet is very bold. Perhaps it should here also be, " Bears greatest... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn ; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nursed... | |
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