 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 - Pagina 2001880Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pagina’s
...parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the Saered Well, 1 5 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin,...coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin'd urn, 20 And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud t For we were nurst upon the self-same... | |
 | Anne MacVicar Grant - 1803 - 468 pagina’s
...every thing, in short, that characterises genius, and exalts humanity ! ON THE DEATH OF BURNS. ( ' So may some gentle Muse " With lucky words favour my destin'd urn ; t' And as he passes, turn, " And lid fair peace be to my sable shroud!" MILTON. HAT adverse fate... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pagina’s
...his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. • Begin then, Sisters of the Sacred Well, That from...coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin'd urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fait peace be to my sable shroud For we were... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pagina’s
...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...gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn j 30 And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pagina’s
...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 beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin, arid somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse : So may some gentle... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1813 - 540 pagina’s
...of the commentators on Milton have pointed out his allusion to this passage in the Lycidas, v. 15, Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath, the seat, of Jove doth spring. Milton, with whom Euripides was a favourite poet, seems to have read, with Lascaris, x»'m*;, which... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pagina’s
...melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring j Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and eoy excuse : So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn; 20 And, as he passes,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pagina’s
...the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, That from bieneath the teat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep...coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin'd urn ; And, as she passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pagina’s
...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 doth spring f> .Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. ^ Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse : i . So... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pagina’s
...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. re ! kindly given, Thai each may fill the circle inark'd...great teacher, Death ; and God adore. Wliat future um ; 2O And, as he passes, turn And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the... | |
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