 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pàgines
...build the lofty rhyme. He must not float 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, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 116 pàgines
...constraint and sad occasion dear compels me,' — 'Who would not sing for Lycidas ! ' and again at line 18,' Hence with denial vain and coy excuse ; So may some gentle Muse,' &c. 0 ye laurels, $c.] Perhaps the laurels were in honour of King's poetical genius, the myrtles to... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 pàgines
...build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then,...gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn ; 20 And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurst upon the self-same... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 92 pàgines
...build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then,...gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, 20 And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the self-same... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 pàgines
...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,...denial vain, and coy excuse ; So may some gentle Muse WTith lucky words favor my destined urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 pàgines
...parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear.98 Begin, then, Sisters" of the sacred well That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin,...Hence with denial vain and coy excuse: So may some gende Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn, 20 And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pàgines
...build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon 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 beneath the seat of Jove doth spring. Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 pàgines
...parallel between Edward King and himself is foremost in his mind: Begin then, sisters of the sacred well That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin,...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. i 'm we were nursed... | |
 | Harvey Seymour Gross, Robert McDowell - 1996 - 362 pàgines
...how expertly he has adapted Milton's rhythm to his own use: Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, 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, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. The corpse... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 pàgines
...build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his water}' 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, and somewhat loudly sweep the string: Hence... | |
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Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float 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, 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring... 
