 Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares...  The Poetical Works of John Dryden - Page 376de John Dryden - 1897 - 662 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...Sigh'd aud look'd, and sigh'd again. At length, with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast. Now strike the golden...a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...triumphant exultation, and violent passion, as may be perceived in the following extracts : — 123. " Now strike the golden lyre again ; A louder yet, and...louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder! 124. "If they rule, it shall be over our ashes and graves;... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 pages
...thee. — The many rend the skies with loud applause, So love was crowned ; but music won the cua >o. The prince, unable to conceal his pain, Gazed on the...louder strain ; Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! — the horrid sound Has raised up his... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1856 - 768 pages
...designedly, occurs: " Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures ;" And:— " Now strike the golden lyre again, A louder yet, and...a louder strain ; Break his bands of sleep asunder ; And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder." DBTDEK'S "Alexander's Feast." The foregoing remarks,... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...The various turns of fate below ; And now and then a sigh he stole ; And tears began to flow. 668. Now strike the golden lyre again ; A louder yet, and...a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head.... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pages
...thee. — The many rend the skies with loud applause : So love was crowned, but music won the cause. The prince, unable to conceal his pain, Gazed on the...louder strain : Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! — the horrid sound Has raised up his... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...provide thee. The many rend the skies with loud applause ; So Love was crowned, but Music won the cause. The prince, unable to conceal his pain, Gazed on the...a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head,... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...and look'd, Sigh'd and look'd, and sigh'd again ; At length, with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquished victor sunk upon her breast ! Now strike...louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder ! Hark ! hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head,... | |
 | Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 pages
...with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquished victor—sunk upon her breast! Burst of voice* Now strike the golden lyre again ! A louder yet, and...a louder strain! Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder! Amazement. Hark! hark !—the horrid sound 4 Has raised... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...Sigh'd and look'd, and sigh'd again : At length, with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast. Now strike the golden...a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head... | |
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