 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse ; So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn ; And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my...  The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 202edited by - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Various - Poetry - 1993 - 980 pages
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 | James Russell Kincaid - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 288 pages
...on behalf of Lycidas, but for himself: "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" (11. 19-22). After imagining his own elegy, Milton proceeds to sing that elegy, or, more accurately,... | |
 | Tony Bex - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 238 pages
...part of the meaning of his poem. The one that most obviously springs to mind is Milton's 'Lycidas': 3 So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my...passes turn And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. (Milton, 'Lycidas') Milton's poem was written immediately prior to the civil war, and he too was contemplating... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse; So may some gentle muse With lucky words favour my...passes, turn And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. i 'm we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill. (15-24)... | |
 | Harvey Seymour Gross, Robert McDowell - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 362 pages
...Hence with denial vain, and 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. The corpse was bloodless, a botch of reds and whites, Its open, staring eyes Were lustreless dead-lights... | |
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