 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 was...  Elegant extracts in poetry - Page 745by Elegant extracts - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - 1865 - 216 pages
...dream ! 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...shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of... | |
 | James Hobbs Hanson - Latin language - 1865 - 672 pages
...Aegean, off the coast of Mysia. Cf. Milton, in Lycidas : What could the Muse herself, that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom...was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? 56. Arenis. Gr. 422. i. 2). A. & S. 254, R. 3. — 57. Rore = aqua. — 58. Tandem = at last ; not... | |
 | James Hobbs Hanson - Latin language - 1865 - 794 pages
...Aegean, off the coast of Mysia. Cf. Milton, in Lyridas : What could the Muse herself, that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom...was sent. Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? III. 520. — 68. Suorum. According to some of the legends, Orpheus had introduced the orgiastic... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...LYCIDAS. 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...gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Ilebrus to the Lesbian shore? Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, 60 When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory...Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, g>, And strictly meditate the thankless... | |
 | Publius Ovidius Naso - 1865 - 796 pages
...Muse herself, that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature di'l lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar...was sent. Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? 56. Arenis. Gr. 422. i. 2). A. & S. 254, R. 3. — 57. Rore = fuá. — 58. Tandem =' at last ; not... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - English poetry - 1866 - 306 pages
...juvaret ? Numquid Pieris ipsa parens interfuit Orphei, Pieris ipsa suse sobolis, qui carmine rexit Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout...shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...— 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...was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore i Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly... | |
 | 1866 - 376 pages
...that have done ? What could the Muse herself, that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her inchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, » When by...Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, « And strictly meditate the thankless... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...— Had ye been there — for what could that have done ? What could the Muse2 herself that Orpheus* bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom...gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus4 to the Lesbian shore. Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted,... | |
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