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Page xxxviii
... Sabrina fair ' did not come later , and were not sustained before and after , for nearly two hundred lines of pure nectar . " It was a happy inspiration which reserved the rhymed parts mainly for the close , where they form a kind of ...
... Sabrina fair ' did not come later , and were not sustained before and after , for nearly two hundred lines of pure nectar . " It was a happy inspiration which reserved the rhymed parts mainly for the close , where they form a kind of ...
Page xxxix
... Sabrina fair , ” " " Back Shep- herds " and " Now my task . " In the last century most of Milton's minor poems were made to supply libretti for contemporary musicians . Handel set L'Allegro and Il Penseroso ( 1740 ) to music , and ...
... Sabrina fair , ” " " Back Shep- herds " and " Now my task . " In the last century most of Milton's minor poems were made to supply libretti for contemporary musicians . Handel set L'Allegro and Il Penseroso ( 1740 ) to music , and ...
Page 32
... Sabrina is her name : a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine , That had the sceptre from his father Brute . She , guiltless damsel , flying the mad pursuit Of her enraged stepdame , Guendolen , Commended her fair ...
... Sabrina is her name : a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine , That had the sceptre from his father Brute . She , guiltless damsel , flying the mad pursuit Of her enraged stepdame , Guendolen , Commended her fair ...
Page 33
... Sabrina fair , Song . Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy , cool , translucent wave , In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber - dropping hair ; Listen for dear honour's sake , Goddess of the silver ...
... Sabrina fair , Song . Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy , cool , translucent wave , In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber - dropping hair ; Listen for dear honour's sake , Goddess of the silver ...
Page 34
... fair Ligea's golden comb , Wherewith she sits on diamond rocks Sleeking her soft alluring locks ; By all the nymphs ... SABRINA rises , attended by Water - nymphs , and sings . By the rushy - fringed bank , Where grows the willow and the ...
... fair Ligea's golden comb , Wherewith she sits on diamond rocks Sleeking her soft alluring locks ; By all the nymphs ... SABRINA rises , attended by Water - nymphs , and sings . By the rushy - fringed bank , Where grows the willow and the ...
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