 | Richard Hurd, William Mason - 1757 - 88 pages
...nine enfolded fpheres And fing to thofe that hold the vital fhears, And turn the adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of Gods and men is wound. The beft comment on thefe verfes is a paflage in the xth Book of Plato's Republic, where this whole fyftem,... | |
 | Horace - 1766 - 288 pages
...nine enfolded fpheres And fing to thofe that hold the vital fhears, And turn the adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of Gods and men is wound. The beft comment on thefe verfes is a paffage in the x th Book of Plato's Republic, where this whole fyftem,... | |
 | Horace - 1776 - 282 pages
...the nine enfolded fpheres And fing to thofe that hold the vital mean, And turn the adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of Gods and men is wound, The beft comment on thefe verfes is a paflage in the xth Book of Plato's Republic, where this whole fyftem,... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, 65 And turn the adamantin spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteddy Nature... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...twisting of thread, and twirling about of ipinJlei. Bum. Sing to those that hold the vital sheers, And turn the adamantine spindle round On which the fate of gods and men is wound. MilKm. Upon a true repentance, God is not so fatally tied to the ifinJlcof absolute reprobation as... | |
 | 1806 - 448 pages
...mortal sense, then listen I To the celestial syrens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheret, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And...the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of men and Gods is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...lock'd up mortal seme, then listen I To the celestial Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantin spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...To the celestial Syrens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those tfeat hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle...round, On Which the fate of Gods and Men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in musick lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...Syrens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital-shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of Gods and Men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in musick lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature... | |
 | 1810 - 492 pages
...celestial syrens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold thetvital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of men and gods is wound Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie* To lull the daughters of Necessity,... | |
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Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round On which the fate of gods and men is wound. 
