 Had ye been there, for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was...  Elegant extracts in poetry - Seite 745von Elegant extracts - 1816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Milton - 1871 - 530 Seiten
...dream, Had ye been there, for what could that have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom...shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis, in the shade, Or with the tangles... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 482 Seiten
...dream ! Had ye been there — for what could that have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son, Whom...shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of... | |
 | 1871 - 476 Seiten
...have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son, j Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout...care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, LYCWAS. 265 And strictly meditate the thankless muse? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 668 Seiten
...dream ! Had ye been there — for what could that have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom...Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 Seiten
...that Orpheus bore, — The Muse herself for her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament ; 60 When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His...care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, 65 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 Seiten
...on the inability of guardian angels to protect their own: What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom...was sent Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore? Even Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, could not protect her son Orpheus against the fury of the Thracian... | |
 | William Kerrigan, John Milton - 1983 - 372 Seiten
...eventually to confront and transcend the death of Orpheus: What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son Whom...that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the steam was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore? Alas! What boots it with uncessant care... | |
 | Celeste Marguerite Schenck - 1988 - 248 Seiten
...the arts and of their potential rebirth on other shores.1* What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son Whom...sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore? (1L58-63) Even more significant, however, is the initiatory motif this version of the Orpheus myth... | |
 | Plato - 1993 - 196 Seiten
...still singing. What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her inchanting son Whom universal nature did lament, When by the...sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore. (Lycidas, lines 58-64) he did not he would go home and live out a long life, he dared i8oa choose to... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 Seiten
...herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, 60 When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His...To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And stricdy meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis... | |
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