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" And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note. "
Paradise Lost: A Poem,in Twelve Books; with a Memoir of the Author; Illus ... - Page 86
by John Milton - 1853 - 400 pages
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...the love of sacred song; but chief Thee, Sion, and the flow'ry brooks beneath, That wash thy hallow'd feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit: nor sometimes...equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides, And Tyresias, and Phineus, prophets old: Then fed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...and the flowery brooks beneath, That wash thy hollow'd feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit-^nor sometimes forget Those other two, equall'd with me...equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Miconides; And Tiresias, and Vbineus, prophets old ; Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious...
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Classical Examinations: Or, A Selection of University Scholarship ..., Volume 1

University of Cambridge - 1830 - 636 pages
...love of sacred song ; but chief Thee, Sion, and the flow'ry brooks beneath, That wash thy hallow'd feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit : nor sometimes...equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...So were I equal'd with them in renown ! Blind Thamyris, and blind Meeonides ; **» »-<v»>-1'— 35 And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed...covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year K Seasons return : but not to me returns Day^or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...equal'd with me in fate, So were I equal'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Mseonides, 33 And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old. Then feed on...hid Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year 40 Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, 25 quench'd] drench'd....
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Oeuvres de Delille, Volume 5

Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...love of sacred song ; but chief Thee, Sion, and the flowery brooks beneath, That wash thy hallow'd feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit : nor sometimes...equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious...
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 3; Volume 14

1832 - 510 pages
...hallowed verse. Under an inspiration more holy than that which Milton had ever felt, they delighted to 'Feed on thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers...in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note.' Within one year after their conversion they published, with their joint names, a volume of ' Hymns...
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John Milton, His Life and Times, Religious and Political Opinions: With an ...

Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 316 pages
...the love of sacred song ; but chief Thee, Sion and the flow'ry brooks beneath, That wash thy hallow'd feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit : nor sometimes...equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind M&onides, And Tiresias and fhineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem

John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...the love of sacred song; but chief Thee, Sion, and the flowery brooks beneath, That wash thy hallow'd feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit: nor sometimes...equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Moeonides, And Tiresias, andPhineus, prophets old: Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Majonides, And Tyresias and Phineas, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts that voluntary...with the year. Seasons return, but not to me returns . . . Day, or the sweet approach of even and morn; Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks,...
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