 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,...  Bell's Edition - Էջ 108John Bell - 1788Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 էջ
...Musaeus from his bowerj Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Prew esperate by too quick a half-told The story of Cumbuscnn bold, Of Camball, and of Algarfife, And who had Canace to wife, That... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 էջ
...But, O sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Mustcus from his bower; Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing e in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before w lore did seek. Or call up him that left half-told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarfife,... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 154 էջ
...But, O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Museeus from his bower! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made-Hell grant what love did seek! Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 264 էջ
...themselves, being forced to shed " iron tears," as Milton finely calls them. The notes, as the poet says, " Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek." " The grim king of the ghosts" would not have shed them if he could have helped it. So Moschus, in... | |
 | Percy Society - 1848 - 404 էջ
...MSS. It is almost with regret that we give up the form of the name rendered classic by Milton, — Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring of glas ; And... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 էջ
...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, Drew Iron tears...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... | |
 | James F. Hopewell - 244 էջ
...his queen. Orpheus sang . . . [and] no one under the spell of his voice could refuse him anything. He Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. They summoned Eurydice and gave her to him, but upon one condition: that he would not look back at... | |
 | John Hollander - 1990 - 280 էջ
...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, Drew Iron tears...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 էջ
...But, O sad Virgin ! that thy power Might raise Musa2us from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears...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.... | |
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