 Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string,...  The Scots Magazine - Seite 1191779Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1854 - 456 Seiten
...raise Musaus from his bower ; Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek ; Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife,... | |
 | 1854 - 704 Seiten
...every performer was himself a master, I knew I should hear " Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek;* or loftier strains, which would " Dissolve me Into ecstasies, And hring all heaven before mine... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 Seiten
...raise Musa;us from his bow'r, Or Did the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what Love did seek; Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife,... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1913 - 972 Seiten
...raise Musseus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek." CHAPTER XXV ARION — IBYCUS SIMONIDES SAPPHO THE poets whose adventures compose this chapter... | |
 | Helen Louise Cohen - 1927 - 402 Seiten
...Lander's Orpheus and Eurydice. Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. In North America, a similar myth appears under various guises. The Yokut Indians relate how a... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1986 - 260 Seiten
...raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew Iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. (103-8) Folktales recounted in L'Al over a cheerful mug of ale have in IIP a weightier counterpart... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 Seiten
...raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew Iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. [103-08] And after his dreams, set in an harmonious Theocritean landscape, he hopes to hear the... | |
 | James F. Hopewell - 244 Seiten
...his queen. Orpheus sang . . . [and] no one under the spell of his voice could refuse him anything. He Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. They summoned Eurydice and gave her to him, but upon one condition: that he would not look back... | |
 | John Hollander - 1990 - 280 Seiten
...raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew Iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. It is interesting to observe that the parallel evocation of Orpheus in the closing lines of VAllegro... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - 1995 - 682 Seiten
...raise Musa2us from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek.1 Other legendary bards or musicians were Linus, Marsyas, and Amphion. (3) The Poets of Mvthology.... | |
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