 | 1855 - 540 pages
...later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. '; But, O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musseus from his bower ! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such...And made Hell grant what love did seek ! Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...later age Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But oh, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise MUSSBUS from his bower! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such...And made Hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan « bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Animals, Mythical - 1855 - 508 pages
...with that of Orpheus in his II Penseroso : — " But 0, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musseus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek." CHAPTER XXV. AEION — IBYCUS — SIMONJDES — SAPPHO. THE poets whose adventures compose this chapter... | |
 | Helen Louise Cohen - American drama - 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,... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1986 - 260 pages
...speaker hopes for music of miraculous power — But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. (103-8) Folktales recounted in L'Al over a cheerful mug of ale have in IIP a weightier counterpart... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...mind longs to behold Orpheus in vital action: But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such...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 - Poetry - 1990 - 280 pages
...represent tragic poets by presenting their plays: But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such...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 - Art - 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 - Literary Criticism - 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... | |
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Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined 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,... 
