Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string,... Examination,Midsummer,1879 - Page 6by Education Department - 1879Full view - About this book
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...of later Ennobled hath the baskrn'd stage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy Might raise MUSH-HS from bis bower ! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing , Such notes, as, warbled to the string Drew iron tears down Plato's cheek, And made Hett grant what love did *?«k. ! Or call up htm that left hatf told The story... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 434 pages
...Eurydice." L'Allezri. If to melancholy,— " Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbler! to the string;, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek. And made hell grant whit love did seek." // Pensercsc. WARE. [a] Milton, in his Paradise Lost> B. IV- ha* very successfully... | |
| Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...of the buskin when compared with the size of the sock, Hunc socci cepere pedem, grandesque cothurni. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, 103. The passage from this to the 120th line alludes to the frequent use made by poets of the pictures... | |
| Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...of the buskin when compared with the size of the sock, Hunc iocci cepere pedem, grandesqu* cothurni. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, 103. The passage from this to the 120th line alludes to the frequent use made by poets of the pictures... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...(though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power flight raise Musaeus from his bower ! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing JOS Such notes, as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's chee k, And made Hell grant... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy pow'r Might raise Musicus from his Iww'r, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's check, Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1817 - 360 pages
...ear Of Pluto, to have quite set free His half-reiain'd Eurydice." L'AUegrn. If to melancholy,— " Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled...Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek." ¡I Pnitroso. WAHli. [S] Milton, in his Paradiic Loti, В. IV. has very successfully ittroduced th«... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...of later age Ennobled hath the bnskin'd stage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Mnsacus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears from Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The... | |
| English literature - 1818 - 616 pages
...THOMAS CAMPBELL. " Thy power Might raise Musa>us from his bower, Or bid the soul oí Orpheus sinjt Such notes as warbled to the string. Drew iron tears...Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek." MILTON. AMID the toils and turmoils of the world, and the disagreeable vicissitudes of this passing... | |
| James Sloan, Theodore Lyman - Italy - 1818 - 406 pages
...Anacreon so disgraced, and listened with impatience to the perversion of those harmonious sounds, which warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. But he was the gayest inhabitant of a place, where every countenance was shaded by the gloom of captivity,... | |
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