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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... "
The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ... - Page 138
by John Milton - 1824
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...build the lofty rhyme. He must not Uoat 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...
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Works ...

Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 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 string,1'' Hence...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 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 saercd well, 1& That from beneath the sent of Jove doth spring ! Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the...
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The Poems of John Milton: With Notes, Volume 1

John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 pages
...Seu eondis aniabile earmen." Hor. Ep. i. 3, 24. — A". " To faitld with levels of my lofty stgle." Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the saered well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 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...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 778 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, II) That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ! Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence...
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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins

John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 574 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 saered well, That from beneath the seatofjove doth spring' Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string....
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 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 string ; Hence...
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Verses and Translations

Charles Stuart Calverley - Classical poetry - 1862 - 220 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...
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Complete Poetical Works

John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his wat'ry 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 string. Hence...
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