 Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton...  Chaucer to Burns - Page 110edited by - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...dale. ***** And ever against eating cares, Lap mo in soft Lydiau airs, Married to immortal verse, Buch as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many...That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap'd Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have rung the ear Of Pluto,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the melting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. These delights if thou canst give, Mirth, with theo I mean to live. FROM MILTON. CCLXXXVI.— IL PENSEROSO.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...Shakspeare, Fanc/i child, Warble hit native wood-notes wild And ever against eating cares, Lap me in toft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the...That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap' dElysian flowers and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto,... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heaped Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto to have quite set... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whoso bright eyes Eain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while...That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap'd Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto,... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild....may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heaped Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto to have quite set... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...different object, as a resource against the daily trials and petty annoyances of life, exclaims : — " Ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs,...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony." There is an exquisite symbolism in this last passage. The idea is that the " hidden soul " of a good... | |
 | Peter le Huray, James Day - Music - 1988 - 420 pages
...another. The description is as follows: And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs; In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. Let us parallel this with the softness, the winding surface, the unbroken continuance, the easy gradation... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. (1. 105-1 14) 24 (1. 136-144) AWP; FaFP; FiP; GTBS; GTBS-P; HAP; HoPM; JCP; LiTB; NoP; OAEL-1; OBEY; OBS; PPP; SeCePo;... | |
 | Peter C. Herman - History - 1996 - 294 pages
...visionary poetry with strong (and not very subtle) warnings to regard L'Allegro's desires skeptically: Lap me in soft Lydian Airs, Married to immortal verse....may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heapt Elysian flow'rs, and heat Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto, to have quite set... | |
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