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. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of... The Indicator - Page 189edited by - 1820Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 460 pages
...the daughters of necessity, " And keep unsteady nature in her law, " And the low world in measur'd motion draw " After the heavenly tune, which none...can hear " Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear." Maloue~ Thus, in Comus: " Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould " Breathe such divine enchanting... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear; And yet such musick worthiest were to blaze The peerless highth of her immortal praise, Whose lustre... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, 70 And the low world in measnr'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear, Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless height of her immortal praise, Whose lustre... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear; And yet such musick worthiest were to blaze The peerless highth of her immortal praise, Whose lustre... | |
 | 1810 - 492 pages
...Necessity, And keep unsteady nature to her law, And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heav'nly tune, which none can hear Of human mould with gross unpurged ear." Arcades, ver. 61, st seiI. Milton has here given us Plato's system of the harmony of the spheres. In... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...And keep unsteady Nature to her law, 70 And the low world in mcasur'd motion draw After the heav'nly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless height of her immortal praise, 75 Whose lustre... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear ; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The pecrless height of her immortal praise, Whose lustre... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 pages
...the daughters of necessity, " And keep unsteady nature in her law, " And the low world in measur'd motion draw " After the heavenly tune which none can hear " Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear." MALONE. Thus, in Comus : " Can any moital mixture of earth's mold " Breathe such divine enchanting... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1823 - 220 pages
...With puissant words, and murmurs made to bless. But else in deep of night, when drowsiness Hath lock'd up mortal sense, then listen I To the celestial Syrens'...none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear ; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless highth of her immortal praise, Whose lustre... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...I To the celestial Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those ihat hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle...none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear ; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless height of her immortal praise, Whose lustre... | |
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