 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...his peer : WV> would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew, Himself, to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter...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... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...roll to and fro Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin, then, Sisters of the sacred well,1 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin,...with denial vain, and coy excuse : So may some gentle Miue poet With lucky words * favour my destined urn ; 20 And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...left his peer. Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 116 pages
...his peer. Who would not sing for Lycidas ! he knew 10 Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter...melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...his peer. Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew 10 Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter...melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 530 pages
...his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas ? He knew, Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter...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 upon... | |
 | English poetry - 1871 - 476 pages
...left his peer. Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter...excuse ; So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destined urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud ; For we were... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...left his peer. Who would not sing for Lycidas ? He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter...excuse ; So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destined urn ; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. Toward heaven's... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - English poetry - 1871 - 484 pages
...left his peer. Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter...denial vain, and coy excuse ; So may some gentle Muse WTith lucky words favor my destined urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 pages
...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 ; Begin,...gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn ; 20 And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurst upon the self-same... | |
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That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain and coy excuse : So may some gentle Muse... 
