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" Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. "
Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ... - Page 178
by William Hayley - 1810
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the Saered Well, 1 5 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, 20 And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud t For we were nurst upon the self-same...
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Poems on Various Subjects, Volume 63

Anne MacVicar Grant - 1803 - 462 pages
...— every thing, in short, that characterises genius, and exalts humanity ! ON THE DEATH OF BURNS. " So may some gentle Muse " With lucky words favour...turn, " And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud!" MILTON. HAT adverse fate awaits the tuneful train ! Has OTWAY died and SPENCER liv'd in vain ? In vain...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...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...coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin'd urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fait peace be to my sable shroud For we were...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...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...gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn j 30 And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...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, arid somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse : So may some gentle...
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Licida, di Giovanni Milton: Mondodia per la morte del naufragato Eduardo King

John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...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...bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurst upon the self -same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Life of the Author, Volume 2

John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...with denial vain, and eoy excuse : So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn; 20 And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were rurst upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill* Together both, ere...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 8

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1813 - 540 pages
...of the commentators on Milton have pointed out his allusion to this passage in the Lycidas, v. 15, Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath, the seat, of Jove doth spring. Milton, with whom Euripides was a favourite poet, seems to have read, with Lascaris, x»'m*;, which...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, That from bieneath the teat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep...coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favor my destin'd urn ; And, as she passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 7

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...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 f> .Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. ^ Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse : i . So...
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