 | John Milton - 1873 - 678 pages
...the parching wind, Without the^ieeoTof some melodious tear. Begin then^TSIsters of the sacred well,* That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin,...loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and <jgjM|xcuse: So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn ; 20 And, as he passes,... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 518 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,...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn, 20 And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud ! For we were nursed... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 136 pages
...parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, 1 5 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin,...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn, 20 And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nursed... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1874 - 178 pages
...weltering of that Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin,...denial vain, and coy excuse— So may some gentle Muse ilk quhele.' Cf. Pope, (Myssey, xiv. 155, 'he welters on the wave.' Parching] describes generally the... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...whole line of poets who sang under the name Lycidas: Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse, So may som gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd Urn,...he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shrowd. [18-22] It is a pagan consolation, in which the succession of poets passes by the funeral bier... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear.98 Begin, then, Sisters" of the sacred well That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin,...Hence with denial vain and coy excuse: So may some gende Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn, 20 And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 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,...coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin'd um, 20 And as he passes tum, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud, For we were... | |
 | James Russell Kincaid - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 288 pages
...might expect, on behalf of Lycidas, but for himself: "So may some gentle Muse/ With lucky words favor my destin'd urn,/ And as he passes turn,/ And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud" (11. 19-22). After imagining his own elegy, Milton proceeds to sing that elegy, or, more accurately,... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...parallel between Edward King and himself is foremost in his mind: 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. i 'm we were nursed... | |
 | Harvey Seymour Gross, Robert McDowell - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 362 pages
...how expertly he has adapted Milton's rhythm to his own use: Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin,...coy excuse; So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin'd urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. The corpse... | |
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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 With lucky words favour my destin'd Urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable... 
