 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,...  Horace: Odes and Epodes - Page 207by Horace - 1898 - 487 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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 - 588 pages
...senses; and so amuses the fancy whilst it informs the understanding. Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing 105 Such notes, as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Every allegory has therefore two senses, the literal and the mystical; the literal sense is like a... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...senses; and so amuses the fancy whilst it informs the understanding. Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing 105 Such notes, as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Every allegory has therefore two senses, the literal and the mystical; the literal sense is like a... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...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 what love did seek! Or call up him that left half-told The story of Cambuscan... | |
 | 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 - 1817 - 276 pages
...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... | |
 | 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 - 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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musxus from his bower! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes, as, warbled...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek ' Or call up him that left half-told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsifc, And... | |
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