...all thy trembling ftrings, From Helicon's harmonious fprings, A thoufand rills their mazy progrefs take; The laughing flowers, that round them blow,...Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich ftream of mufic winds along, Deep, majeftic, fmooth, and ftrong, Through verdant vales, and Ceres'...

...p. 337. " Felices aninue gens jam dcfuncta pencils 7/umaiiij." — Vida's Chriftiad. lib. vi. 870. " The laughing flowers that round them blow Drink life and fragrance as they flow." Ode on the Progreu of Potty. It seems almost a pity to dissect these marvellously beautiful lines....

...thunder." " They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow Through Eden took their solitary way." " Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong" " From peak to peak the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder !" Q. Who have been most distinguished...

...grandeur was Gray's own: Awake, Aeolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings, From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their...The rocks and nodding groves rebellow to the roar. The mood and tone varies with each stanza; there is deliberate rising and falling; the language sometimes...

...Poesy 23 From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take: (1. 3—4) 24 Now the rich stream of Music winds along Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, (1. 7—8) 25 O Sovereign of the willing soul, Parent of sweet and solemn-breathing airs. Enchanting...

...looking back at Gray and remembering the cumulative surge at the start of "The Progress of Poesy": A thousand rills their mazy progress take: The laughing...majestic, smooth, and strong, Through verdant vales and Ceres's golden reign: Now rolling down the steep amain, Headlong, impetuous, see it pour: The rocks...

...thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take: 5 The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink...music winds along Deep, majestic, smooth and strong. Thro' verdant vales, and Ceres' golden reign: 1 0 Now rolling down the steep amain. Headlong, impetuous...

...and burlesques Thomas Gray's "Progress of Poesy," written in imitation of the hero-praising Pindar: Now rolling down the steep amain, Headlong, impetuous,...The rocks and nodding groves rebellow to the roar. (1757; ed. Lonsdale, 163) For too long, British poetry had neglected its epic quest to linger idly...

...Gray would ever write: Awake, Aeolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their...The rocks and nodding groves rebellow to the roar. (PTG 161-63) The 'mazy progress' of Gray's imagery and rhythm leads to an oddly onomatopoeic effect...

...trembling firings. From Helicon's harmonious fprings A thoufand rills their mazy progrefs take: -t The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich ftream of mufic winds along, Deep, majeftic, fmooih, and ftrong, Thro' Thro' verdant vales, and Ceres'...