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...Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Orpheus with his lute Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain...as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play. Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by: In... | |
 | Chet Raymo - 1990 - 244 Seiten
...Orpheus had such a marvelous talent for the magical instrument that, as Shakespeare wrote, "everything that heard him play, even the billows of the sea, hung their heads, and then lay by." It was with his lyre that Orpheus so charmed Pluto and the guardians of the underworld that they allowed... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1993 - 390 Seiten
...somewhat of their hardness, softened by his notes. Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves when he did sing; To his...as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In... | |
 | H. A. Guerber, Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1993 - 500 Seiten
...musical and poetical gifts. " Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops, that free2e, Bow themselves when he did sing : To his music plants...as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. " Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by."... | |
 | Mark L. Greenberg - 1996 - 224 Seiten
...in which Blake had "written out, as prose, the six lines of Shakespearean rhymed verse which begin, 'Orpheus with his lute made trees' ['/ And the mountain...sun and showers / There had made a lasting spring.' (Henry VII Ill.i)]" (Rossetti 123). This manuscript offers further evidence of an extraordinary concern... | |
 | M. Owen Lee - 1996 - 192 Seiten
...there is prayer. VI BOOK 2: TREES AND VINES Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze Bow themselves, when he did sing. To his...as sun and showers There had made a lasting Spring. —(Shakespeare, Henry VIII) Virgil's second book deals with trees and vines, from the time they are... | |
 | J. Martin Evans - 1998 - 204 Seiten
...Hcnry VIII, the tradition of seeing Orpheus "as a model of the poet's powers" was well established:32 Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain...as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads and then lay by. In sweet... | |
 | Kenneth Koch - 1999 - 324 Seiten
...confusions can occur when the music distracts from the sense the way it does in this Shakespeare song: Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves when he did sing . . . The strong and delightful rhyme of trees and freeze makes a reader want to emphasize both words... | |
 | Geoffrey Miles - 1999 - 474 Seiten
...soul grows sad with troubles. Sing, and disperse 'em if thou canst; leave working. WOMAN [.n«gy]: Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain...sing. To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung, as0 sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows... | |
 | Geoffrey Miles - 1999 - 476 Seiten
...troubles. Sing, and disperse 'em if thou canst; leave working. iYOMAX [>'i.ng.\]: Orpheus with his htte made trees And the mountain tops that freeze Bow themselves...sing. To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung, as0 sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, E\rn the billows... | |
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Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art : Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or, hearing, die. 
