 Ay me, I fondly dream, Had ye been there! — for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar His gory...  The British anthology; or, Poetical library - Page 16by British anthology - 1824Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...inchanting son Whom universal Nature did lament, 60 When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus...care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, 65 And striftly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...fondly dream Had ye been there, for what could that have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son Whom...lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...dream ! Had ye been there—for what could that have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom...When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down' the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Or with the tangles... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...dream ! Had ye been there—for what could that have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse -herself, for her enchanting son, Whom...When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas! what boots... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...dream ! Had ye been there — for what could that have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom...When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself for her inchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...dream 1 Had ye been there — for what could that have done i What could the Muse herself that Orpheu* bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son, Whom...shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse J Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shad*, Or with the tangles... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...,'His gory visage down the stream was sent, /• 3Jown the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? g /. Alas ! what boots it with incessant care • /To tend...trade, .- And strictly meditate the thankless Muse > /- ', WeW it not better done, as others use, _, f To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, £ o Or with... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, GO look within ; Control thy more voracious bill, Nor...for a breakfast nations kill." MATTHEW GREEN. iVl Ilebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! wliat boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted,... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...there.—for what could that have d6ne? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herelf, for her enchanting son ; Whom universal Nature did...When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrns to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots... | |
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