 Their sovereign's fear Had sent him back before. The pow'r of harmony too well they knew ; He long ere this had tun'd their jarring sphere And left no hell below. The heav'nly choir, who heard his notes from high, Let down the scale of music from the...  Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany Poems - Page 173by Elijah Fenton - 1707 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Walsh - English poetry - 1721 - 392 pages
...well they knew, He long e'er this had tun'd their jarring Sphere, And left no Hell below. The . The Heav'nly Quire, who heard his Notes from (High, Let down the Scale of Mufick from the Skic*-: ' <•-*•••' .'.-*. . ^/ JL V \;-v'- They tonded hvn alon^ : And all Lthe way he taught,... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...left no Hell below. in. The heav'nly choir, who heard his notes from high, Let down the scale of music from the sky : They handed him along ; And all the way he taught, and all the way they sung : Ye brethren of the lyre and tuneful voice ! Lament his lot, but at your own rejoice : Now live... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...no hell below. III. The heavenly choir, who heard his notes from high, Let down the scale of music from the sky ; They handed him along, And all the way he taught, and all the way they sung. Ye brethren of the lyre, and tuneful voice, Lament his lot, but at your own rejoice : Now live... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...no hell below. III. The heavenly choir, who heard his notes from high, Let down the scale of music from the sky; They handed him along, And all the way he taught, and all the way they sung. Ye brethren of the lyre, and tuneful voice, Lament his lot, but at your own rejoice : Now live... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...no hell below. III. The heavenly choir, who heard his notes from high, Let down the scale of music from the sky ;. They handed him along, And all the way he taught,andall the way they sung. Ye brethren of the lyre, and tuneful voice, Lament his lot, but at... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 292 pages
...left no hell below. The heavenly choir, who heard his notes from high, Let down the scale of music from the sky : They handed him along, And all the way he taught.andall the way they sung. Ye brethren of the lyre, and tuneful voice, Lament his lot; but at... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...ye. Shaktpeare. MCCXX. The heavenly choir who heard his notes from high, Let down the scale of music from the sky; They handed him along, And all the way he taught, and all the way they sung. Ye brethren of the lyre and tuneful voice, Lament his lot, but at your own rejoice: Now live... | |
 | Maria Malibran - 1840 - 236 pages
...Dr. Blow, says — " The heavenly choir, who heard his notes from high, Let down the scale of music from the sky ; They handed him along : And all the way he taught, and all the way they sung." Some idea of him may also be drawn from the following humorous rebus in Latin metre, composed... | |
 | Literature - 1896 - 854 pages
...the angelic choir:— The heavenly choir, who heard his notes from high, Let down the scale of music from the sky: They handed him along, And all the way he taught, and all the way they sung. Ye brethren of the lyre, and tuneful voice, Lament his lot. Purcell possessed one of those natures... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...ye. Shakxpeare. MCCXX. The heavenly choir, who heard his notes from high, Let down the scale of music from the sky ; They handed him along, And all the way he taught, and all the way they sung. . Ye brethren of the lyre and tuneful voice, Lament his lot, but at your own rejoice ; Now live... | |
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