 What! have you let the false enchanter scape? O ye mistook; ye should have snatched his wand, And bound him fast. Without his rod reversed, And backward mutters of dissevering power, We cannot free the Lady that sits here In stony fetters fixed and motionless.  Comus: A Mask - Page 64by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...when they should have thought of disenchanting. " Oh, ye mistook ! Ye should have snatch 'd his wand ! without his rod reversed. And backward mutters of dissevering power, We cannot free the Lady that bits here In stony fetter* tix'd, and motionless." To reverse the rod, lo spell the charm backward,... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...And bound him fast ; without his rod reversed, And backward mutters of dissevering power, We can not free the Lady that sits here In stony fetters fixed and motionless: Yet stay, be not disturbed: now 1 bethink me, Some other means I have which may be used, Which once of Mcliboeus old I learnt, The... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...should have thought of disenchanting. ' Oh ye mistook. Ye should have snatched the wand. Without the rod reversed. And backward mutters of dissevering power, We cannot free the lady that sits there, Bound in strong fetters, fixed and motionless.' To reverse this rod, to spell the charm backwards,... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...'scape? O ye mistook, ye should have snatch'd his wand, And bound him fast ; without his rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power, We cannot free the Lady that sits here In stony fetters fix'd, and motionless : Yet stay, be not disturb'd : now I bethink me, sso Some other means I have... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...Attendant Spirit comes in. SPIRIT. Oh ye mistook, ye should have snatch'd his wand, And bound him fart ; without his rod reversed, And backward mutters of...stony fetters fixed and motionless : Yet stay, be not disturb'd ; now I bethink me, Some other means I have which may be used. Which once of Meliboeus old... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 466 pages
...should have thought of disenchanting. , ' Oh, ye mistook! Ye should have snatched the wand! Without the rod reversed, And backward mutters of dissevering power, We cannot free the lady that sits here Bound in strong fetters fixed and motionless." To reverse the rod, to spell the charm backward, to... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...'scape ? О ye mistook, ye should have snatch'd his wand, And bound him fast; without his rod revers'd, oots it with incessant care To lend the homely, hero In stony fetters fii'd, and motionless : 819 Yet stay, be not disturb'd ; now I bethink me, Some... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...Spir. What, have you let the false enchanter 'scape ? O ye mistook, ye should have snatch'd his wand, And bound him fast ; without his rod reversed, And...cannot free the lady that sits here In stony fetters fix'd, and motionless : Yet stay, be not disturb'd ; now I bethink me, Some other means I have, which... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...'scape? O ye mistook, ye should have snatch'd his wand, And bound him fast ; without his rod revers'd, fix'd, and motionless : 819 Yet stay, be not disturb'd ; now I bethink me, Some other means I have... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...'scape ? O ye mistook, ye should have snatch'd his wand, And bound him fast; without his rod revers'd, hero [n stony fetters fix'd, and motionless : 819 Yet stay, be not disturb'd ; now I bethink me, Some... | |
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