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" Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of Gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of... "
The poems and ballads of Schiller, tr. by sir E.B. Lytton. With a sketch of ... - Page 34
by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller - 1852
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 2

John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, ?o And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear ; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless height of her immortal praise, 75 Whose lustre...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 2

John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...vital shears, 65 And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of Gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the...of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, ?o And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human...
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Primitiæ et reliquiæ [verses by R.C. Wellesley].

Richard Colley Wellesley (marq.) - 1840 - 98 pages
...adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in musick lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep...can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear. Ast alta sub nocte, ubi vis lethœa soporis Mortales clausit sensus, juvat œthere aperto Sirenum exaudire...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ...

Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the heav'nly tune, which none can hear Of human mould with gross unpurged ear. ANDREW MARVELL. [Born, i'.:<> Died. 1076.] A BKTTEH edition of Marvell's works than any that has been...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Memoir, and Critical ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the...none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear ; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless height of her immortal praise, Whose lustre...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...is the true reading. It is supported by Milton's imitation of the passage, in his " ARCADES :"— " Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature in her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear,...
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The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 15

United States - 1844 - 648 pages
...of what we sought and yearned for, like a distant ray of daylight to a lost wanderer in a cavern : "Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie To lull the...in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune.'" Since Jubal's pipe awakened the young echo, eo havo the eage poets sung. The Foots ! Who were thes.)...
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The United States Democratic Review, Volume 15

United States - 1844 - 638 pages
...of what we sought and yearned for, like a distant ray of daylight to a lost wanderer in a cavern : " Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie To lull the Daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Xature to her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune."* Since Jubal's...
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The Indicatior: a Miscellany for the Fields and the Fireside, Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pages
...the vital shears. And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the...Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear. " Milton's Genius of the Grove," says Warton, " being a spirit sent from Jove, and commissioned from heaven to...
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The Indicatior: a Miscellany for the Fields and the Fireside, Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 pages
...the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the...Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear. " Milton's Genius of the Grove," says Warron, "being a spirit sent from Jove, and commissioned from heaven to...
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