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" Ay me ! I fondly 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... "
Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes ... - Page 188
by John Milton - 1753 - 335 pages
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Macmillan's Reading Books

Readers - 1878 - 446 pages
...lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, VI. "" E Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream : Ah me! I fondly 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...
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Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and II

John Milton - English poetry - 1879 - 216 pages
...miles wide. " Many Arthurian legends and other superstitions belonged to it, and hence it was often Ay me ! I fondly 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...
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Milton's Lycidas

John Milton - 1879 - 232 pages
...miles wide. " Many Arthurian legends and other superstitions belonged to it, and hence it was often Ay me ! I fondly 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...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 4

Literature - 1909 - 500 pages
...famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream. Ay me ! I fondly dream "Had ye been there," ... for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her inchanting son, Whom...
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Death in Milton's Poetry

Clay Daniel - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 194 pages
...nymphs. After venturing a quick guess as to where the nymphs were "playing" (52), the swain hastily adds, "Ay me, I fondly dream! / Had ye been there — for what could that have done?" (56-57). The swain supports his contention by citing the Muse's inability to prevent the dismemberment...
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The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry

Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream: Ay me, I fondly 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...
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Squitter-wits and Muse-haters: Sidney, Spenser, Milton, and Renaissance ...

Peter C. Herman - History - 1996 - 294 pages
...poetry, he comments on their inability to protect Orpheus, let alone lowly Lycidas, from disaster: Ay me, I fondly 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...
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Beyond Consolation: Death, Sexuality, and the Changing Shapes of Elegy

Melissa Fran Zeiger - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 228 pages
...famous Druids lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where De va spreads her wizard stream: Ay me! I fondly 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...
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The Classic Hundred Poems: All-time Favorites

William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...famous Druids lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me, I fondly 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...
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Classical Mythology in English Literature: A Critical Anthology

Geoffrey Miles - Fiction - 1999 - 476 pages
...Druids, lie. Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, 55 Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream.0 Ay me. I fondly dream! Had ye been there - for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore. sceptred pall: rolse .tud sceptre. Thebes . ....
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