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" Had ye been there — for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream... "
The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by W.M. Rossetti - Page 296
by John Milton - 1871
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The Poems of Ossian, Volume 1

Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...imitated from both. Where were ye, nymphs ! when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep...high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream.* Having now treated fully of Ossian's talents, with' respect to description and imagery, it only remains...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...vales divides.f Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep...high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. } The mention of places remarkably romantic, the supposed habitation of Druids, bards, and wizards,...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. Blair's critical ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...imitated from both. Where were ye, nymphs ! when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep...high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream.* Having now treated fully of Ossian's talents, with respect to description and imagery, it only remains...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2

Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 402 pages
...Milton's Lycidas : Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the bead of your 1ov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream.. Among these wild scenes, " Deva's wizard stream" is admirably imaged ; by this one word, presenting...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...to shepherds' ear. Where were ye,Nymphs,when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : Ay me ! I fondly dream Had ye been there, for what could that have done ? What could...
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Paradise Lost and Regained: With the Latin and Other Poems of John ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...shepherd's ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : Ay me ! I fondly dream ! Had ye been there — for what could that have done ? What...
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Licida, di Giovanni Milton: Mondodia per la morte del naufragato Eduardo King

John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...shepherds ear. [deep Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless Closed o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream. Ay me ! I fondly dream ! Had ye been there — for what could that have done? What could...
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Lives of Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus, and Titus Pomponius Atticus: The ...

Edward Berwick - Atticus, Titus Pomponius - 1813 - 584 pages
...in his Lycidas : Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. * Qua? nemora, aut qui saltus habuere, puelte Naiades, indigno cum Gallus aniore periret? The surprise...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Life of the Author, Volume 2

John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of j our lov'd Lycidas ? sj For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your...high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream : 5i Ay me! I fondly dream! Had ye been there— for what could that have done? What could the Muse...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...shepherds' ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Hos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : Ah me, 1 fondly dream 1 Had ye been there — for what could that have done i What...
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