 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
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 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...care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, 65 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done, as others Use, To sport with... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 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...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 shepherd's... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...dream I 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...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 Muse?... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...that Orpheus bore,1 The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, lit) When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory...care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, 65 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? fractiu Were it not better done, as others use, To sport... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...dream, Had ye been there : for what could that have done P 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 Hebras to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted,... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When by the route that made the hideous roar His gory visage down the...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... | |
 | 1870 - 464 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...care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, 65 And strictly meditate the thankless Mi1se? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - Epigrams - 1870 - 652 pages
...dream, Had ye been there : for what could that have done ? What could tlie Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son, Whom...sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore? ON ANACREON (Jacobs II. 26, Ixxii.). Trantlatcd in the " Spectator," No. 551. This tomb be thine, Anacreon... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 116 pages
...of ordinary arrangement. 68. The Muse.] Calliope was the mother of Orpheus. 61. The rout, §c.] The His gory visage down the stream -was sent, Down the...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... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pages
...dream, Had ye been there : for what could that have done ? What could tlie Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son, Whom...gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrns to the Lesbian shore ? ON ANACREON (Jacobs II. 26, Ixxii.). Translated in the " Spectator,"... | |
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