 | 1854 - 704 pages
...rigidly disciplined orchestra, in which every performer was himself a master, I knew I should hear " Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears...cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek;* or loftier strains, which would " Dissolve me Into ecstasies, And hring all heaven before mine eyes.*... | |
 | Helen Louise Cohen - 1927 - 402 pages
...Orpheus to the other world and to the magic power of his music: 1 WS Lander's Orpheus and Eurydice. Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. In North America, a similar myth appears under various guises. The Yokut Indians relate how a husband,... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...of Hermes, Plato, and the great tragedians, while his mind longs to behold Orpheus in vital action: But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. [103-08] And after his dreams, set in an harmonious Theocritean landscape, he hopes to hear the music... | |
 | John Hollander - 1990 - 280 pages
...the figure of "Gorgeous Tragedy" had been able to represent tragic poets by presenting their plays: But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. It is interesting to observe that the parallel evocation of Orpheus in the closing lines of VAllegro... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - 1995 - 682 pages
...Milton couples his name with that of Orpheus : But, O sad Virgin ! that thy power Might raise Musa2us from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such...down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek.1 Other legendary bards or musicians were Linus, Marsyas, and Amphion. (3) The Poets of Mvthology.... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...sitting in thine eyes; There held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, (1. 31—42) 17 thou so many princes at a shot So bloodily hast struck?...some time are masters of their fates, The fault, (1. 105-108) IB But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...Might raise MUSZUS//WH his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the firing, Drew Iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek Or call up him Wat left half told The slory 0/"Cambuscan bold, O/"Camball, and of Algarsife, And who bad Canace to... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1993 - 390 pages
...written sacred poems and oracles. Milton couples his name with that of Orpheus in his // Penseroso: But O, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. CHAPTER 25 Arion; Ibycus; Simonides; Sappho The poets whose adventures compose this chapter were real... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 pages
...to 'Gorgeous Tragedy' (line 97), 'the tale of Troy divine' (line 100) and, yet once more, Orpheus: Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. (lines 105-8) It is, notice, once again an affective, effective poetry. Orpheus's song achieves something.16... | |
 | Plato - 1993 - 196 pages
...journeyed alive — this is why Phaedrus claims he was a coward — to the Underworld to bring her back. Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. (Milton, // Penseroso, lines 104-108) But Eurydice was released on the condition that Orpheus not turn... | |
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Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd 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,... 
