 | 1855 - 540 psl.
...But, O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musseus from his bower ! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron...grant what love did seek ! Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 psl.
...stage. But oh, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise MUSSBUS from his bower! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string Drew iron...grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan « bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife,... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1913 - 972 psl.
...: "But O, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musseus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek." CHAPTER XXV ARION — IBYCUS SIMONIDES SAPPHO THE poets whose adventures compose this chapter were... | |
 | Helen Louise Cohen - 1927 - 402 psl.
...and to the magic power of his music: 1 WS Lander's Orpheus and Eurydice. Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. In North America, a similar myth appears under various guises. The Yokut Indians relate how a husband,... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 psl.
...action: But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew Iron...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. [103-08] And after his dreams, set in an harmonious Theocritean landscape, he hopes to hear the music... | |
 | John Hollander - 1990 - 280 psl.
...plays: But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew Iron...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. It is interesting to observe that the parallel evocation of Orpheus in the closing lines of VAllegro... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - 1995 - 682 psl.
...: But, O sad Virgin ! that thy power Might raise Musa2us from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron...down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek.1 Other legendary bards or musicians were Linus, Marsyas, and Amphion. (3) The Poets of Mvthology.... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 psl.
...There held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, (1. 31—42) 17 Or bid the soul of Orpheus shot So bloodily hast struck? (V, ii) NAWM-1 Julius...some time are masters of their fates, The fault, (1. 105-108) IB But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high... | |
 | Plato - 1993 - 196 psl.
...Phaedrus claims he was a coward — to the Underworld to bring her back. Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string Drew Iron...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. (Milton, // Penseroso, lines 104-108) But Eurydice was released on the condition that Orpheus not turn... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1993 - 390 psl.
...Penseroso: But O, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron...Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. CHAPTER 25 Arion; Ibycus; Simonides; Sappho The poets whose adventures compose this chapter were real... | |
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Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But, O sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string,... 
