Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of Gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of... The Indicator - Page 189edited by - 1820Full view - About this book
| John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 pages
...ever sing — a notion involving many and mysterious lessons. Such sweet compulsion doth in musick lie To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady...tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross un purged ear; And yet such musick worthiest were to blaze The peerless highth of her immortal praise,... | |
| John Milton - 1853 - 344 pages
...lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, TO And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear ; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless height of her immortal praise, 75 73 gross]... | |
| John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...to a good demon. — T. WARTOS. Hath lock'd up mortal sense, then listen I To the celestial sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres '...can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear;* And yet-such musick worthiest were to blaze The peerless highth of her immortal praise, 7S Whose lustre... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughter of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law,...tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurg^d car. MII/TON. 237.— THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE USEFUL. w WiELAND. [CHBISTOPH MABTIN WIELAST,... | |
| Joseph Turnley - 1856 - 180 pages
...investigation of those truths which refer to our own nature and its dependence on the laws of Providence. Then the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly...can hear, Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear. CHAPTER II. LIGHT AND COLOUR. SOME of the most delightful sources of information and excitement may... | |
| 1864 - 148 pages
...in deep of night when drowsiness Hath locked up mortal sense, then listen I To the celestial Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres,...none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear ; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless height of her immortal praise, Whose lustre... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1857 - 626 pages
...sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature in her law, And the low world in measured motion draw...can hear Of human mould with gross unpurged ear." " With swer.tf.st touches pitrct your mistress* eart And draw her home wiUi music" — Act V., Scene... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 372 pages
...fear, I could not say, amen, ****** Methought, I heard a voice err, Slerp HO more ! Macheth, ii. 2 the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear. MiLTOX. Arcades, 72. Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake ; Listen and save !... | |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1858 - 248 pages
...hear it." And Milton, in the Arcades, 68 - 73 : " Such sweet compulsion doth in music 1ie, To lul1 the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature...tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross, nnpurged ear." Ut me recepi. B. § 121. Z. § 506. (2). Intervallis .... distinctis : Composed of intervals... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature in her law, And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear. ./'.',,,;,., v. 62. The best account I remember to have read of the Music of the Spheres is in the... | |
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