 O fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood ! But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the Herald of the Sea That came in Neptune's plea.  The English Anthology ... - Page 46edited by - 1793 - 334 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Stuart Calverley - English poetry - 1866 - 320 pages
...fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, 'crowned with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea; He asked the waves, and asked the felon... | |
 | 1866 - 376 pages
...fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood ; But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea « Note] So P. Reg. iii. 47. ' For what is glory but the blase of... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds ! That strain I heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea ; He ask'd the waves, and ask'd the felon... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, 85 Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea. 90 He asked the waves, and asked the... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 pages
...fountain Arethuse, and thou honor'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea; He ask'd the waves, and ask'd the felon... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...Arethuse,5 and thou honoured flood, 85 Smooth-sliding Mincius,6 crowned with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald 7 of the sea That came in Neptune's plea. 90 He asked the waves, and asked the... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...fountain Arethuse, and thou hpnour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds ! That strain I heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea ; He ask'd the waves, and ask'd the felon... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 444 pages
...Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds ! That strain l heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea ; He ask'd the waves, and ask'd the felon... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 116 pages
...fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood. But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea, 80 85 Eel. vi. 3. 'Vellit aurem' is a figurative expression signifying... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, 85 Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea; 90 He ask'd the waves, and ask'd the... | |
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