 Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string.  Verses and translations, by C.S.C. - Page 108by Charles Stuart Calverley - 1865Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...sepulchro. T. Warton. 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,...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, 30 And as he passes turn, 14. Without the meed] Without the reward. Spenser, Faery Queen,... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from...the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin, and somewhat londly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse ; So may some gentle Muse With lucky... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...seems to have given the genuine reading, " N«r Joxgux " pipit rpihx," [v. 1 133.] T. Warton. 1"5. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring,"} He means Hippocrene, a fountain consecrated to the Muses on mount Helicon, on the side of which was... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...he says, (unless it l>ea false print,) So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour mj destin'd urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. Where Muse in the masculine for poet is very bold. Perhaps k should be, Bears greatest names in his... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...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, and somewhat loudlv sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse : So may some gentle Muse With lucky... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...welter to the parehing wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the Saered hrough heaps of snow. • * * * * As thus the snows arise, and foul and fieree Henee with denial vain, and eoy exeuse, So may some gentle Muse With lueky words favour my destin'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, That from...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurst upon... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn ; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, is That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin,...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, so And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...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, and somewhat loudly sweep the spring1. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse: So may some gentle muse With lucky words favour my... | |
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