 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the Saered Well, 1 5 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin,...coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin'd urn, 20 And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud t For we were nurst upon the self-same... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...for Lycidas ? be knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rbime. He must not flote upon his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without...coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin'd urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fait peace be to my sable shroud For we were... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas? he knew 10 Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. lie must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn j 30 And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. •VOL. IV. N Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...left his peer. Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhime. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurst upon... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew 10 he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to...Wait the great teacher, Death ; and God adore. Wlia destin'd um ; 2O And, as he passes, turn And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...rhime. He must not float upon his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the mead 4S Փ د h: W k? 9? P@ &T T 8 ...E z i rU;L[C Ӝ %" m,f z ʧ i-Q$ ǫ=' g 3i w destin'd urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud: For we were n,nVd upon... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...sepulchro. T. Warton. Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin,...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, 30 And as he passes turn, 14. Without the meed] Without the reward. Spenser, Faery Queen,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...left his peer: Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhime. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurst upon... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude : And, with forc'd fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn ; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd... | |
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He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin, then, Sisters of the sacred well That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. 
