 | 1863 - 982 pages
...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 ; l lence with denial vain and coy excuse : So may some gentle Muse \Vith lucky words favour my destined... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...build the lofty rhyme. 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, 1 b That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ! Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence... | |
 | Richard Frederick Fuller - 1863 - 362 pages
...passed included the clergy. CHAPTER IX. TRIBUTES IN VERSE. "Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, — Begin, and somewhat louder sweep the string ! " FUNERAL OF CHAPLAIN FULLER. UPON the church altar what form lieth low,... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...build the lofty rhyme. 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 strinj ! Hence... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then,...coy excuse: So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destined urn ; 20 And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - 1865 - 216 pages
...corpus ad auras, Indotatum adeo et lacrymse vocalis egenum. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin,...So may some gentle muse With lucky words favour my destined urn, And, as he passes, turn And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud: For we were nursed... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1865 - 736 pages
...strike when it is of her own subjects that she is singing I ' Begin then, Sisters of tho sacred well That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin ; and somewhat loudly sweep the string :' or,— « When to tho sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past :... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...build the lofty rhyme. 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, 16 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence... | |
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - 1866 - 306 pages
...corpus ad auras, Indotatum adeo et lacrymse vocalis egenum. Begin then, sisters, of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin,...So may some gentle muse With lucky words favour my destined urn, And, as he passes, turn And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud : For we were nursed... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters5 of the sacred well3 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string j Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse : So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined... | |
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Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. 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, 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring... 
