 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,...  Little Classics: Poems, lyrical - Sida 78redigerad av - 1875Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Plato - 1993 - 196 sidor
...journeyed alive — this is why Phaedrus claims he was a coward — to the Underworld to bring her back. Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. (Milton, // Penseroso, lines 104-108) But Eurydice was released on the condition that Orpheus not turn... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 sidor
...to 'Gorgeous Tragedy' (line 97), 'the tale of Troy divine' (line 100) and, yet once more, Orpheus: Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. (lines 105-8) It is, notice, once again an affective, effective poetry. Orpheus's song achieves something.16... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 sidor
...But, O sad Virgin! that thy power Might raise Musaeus72 from his bower; Or bid the soul of Orpheus73 sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron...grant what love did seek; Or call up him that left half-told74 The story of Cambuscan bold, 110 Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 sidor
...Sorrow. There are a number of literary echoes in the poem. Line 195 echoes 'II Penseroso', lines 109-10: 'Or call up him that left half told / The story of Cambuscan bold'; line 285 echoes Milton's Paradise Lost, VII, lines 374-5: 'the Pleiades before him danced / Shedding... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 sidor
...counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth. 7503 7/ Penseroso' or itself. They came th cheeck. 7504 7/ Penseroso' Where more is meant than meets the ear. 7505 'II Penseroso' Hide me from... | |
 | Geoffrey Miles - 1999 - 474 sidor
...hath the buskined stage.0 But, O sad virgin,0 that thy power Might raise Musaeus0 from his bower, 105 Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled...Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. (c) from Lye id as, 1637 A pastoral elegy for a Cambridge acquaintance of Milton's, Edward King, an... | |
 | Geoffrey Miles - 1999 - 476 sidor
...hath the buskined stage.0 Bui, fI sad virgin.0 that thy power Might raise Musaeus0 from his bower, l05 Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string. Drew iron tears down Phtto's check, And made hell grant what love did seek. (cI from Lycidas, l637 A pastoral elegy for... | |
 | Jermain G. Porter - 2000 - 184 sidor
...to enter. Presenting himself before the deities which presided over this kingdom of ghosts, he sang Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, Consent was given that Eurydice accompany her husband back to the upper world ; but the condition imposed,... | |
 | Donald Burrows, Rosemary Dunhill, James Harris - 2002 - 1268 sidor
...line, And the Tale of Troy divine. Song Frances: But Ol Sad Virgin, that thy Power Might raise Musaeus from his Bower; Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such...the String, Drew Iron Tears down Pluto's Cheek, And bid Hell gram what Love1 did Seek. Chorus Or call2 up Him, who left half told The story of Cambuscan... | |
 | Joshua Scodel - 2002 - 388 sidor
...hear — and, one infers, outdo — their songs: 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, Draw iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. (11. 103-108) Wishing to... | |
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