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" 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... "
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Milton's Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and ..., Volume 2

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,...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

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]...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

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...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

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,...
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The Language of the Eye: The Importance and Dignity of the Eye as Indicative ...

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...
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Poetry of the Woods: Passages from the Poets Descriptive of Forest Scenes ...

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...
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The Complete Works of Shakspeare, Revised from the Best ..., Volume 2

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...
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English Synonyms ...

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 !...
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Tusculan Disputations, Book First: The Dream of Scipio; and Extracts from ...

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...
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Works ...

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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