 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 էջ
...upon his water}' bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well That from beneath...coy excuse. So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin'd urn, And as he passes, turn And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were... | |
 | J. Douglas Kneale - 1999 - 250 էջ
...paragraph of "Lycidas" opens: Begin, then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of ]ove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse ... (15-18) The similarities in diction and phrasing between these lines and those from "The Eolian... | |
 | Kent Gramm - 2001 - 350 էջ
...upon his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from...coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin's Urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1084 էջ
...parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin,...the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse, 1. Contrast Milton's confidence of winning the 10. An echo of Virgil's question: "Who would poet's... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1012 էջ
...his watery bier Unwept, and welter to me parching wind,0 Without the meed of some melodious tear.0 Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, That from...doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string.0 Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse,0 So may some gentle muse0 With lucky words favour... | |
 | Kristin A. Pruitt, Charles W. Durham - 2005 - 278 էջ
...enough to celebrate his life in verse: So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn, And as he passes, turn And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill. (19-24) As Stella... | |
 | Frank H. Ellis - 2005 - 244 էջ
...Lycidas is reconciled to his task by the hope that a similar "melodious Tear" will be shed at his death: So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my...he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shrowd. Gray acknowledges the obligation: "Some pious Drops the closing Eye requires." It is as if... | |
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Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. 
