Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen, for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save. y Listen,... Comus: A Mask - Page 66by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Deverell - 1813 - 622 pages
...Song. Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting 870 Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, 203 In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair ; Listen for dear honor's sake, Goddess of the silver lake. 87.5 Listen and save. Listen and appear to us In name of... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1815 - 156 pages
...equal in point of richness and harmonious variety the songs hi Comus, — that, for instance, beginning Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under...knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair : — the lyrics in the Faithful Shepherdess are also models of this kind in point of grace and a light... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1815 - 160 pages
...variety the songs in Comus, — that, for instance, beginning Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art silting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted...knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair :— the lyrics in the Faithful Shepherdess are also models of this kind in point of grace and a light... | |
| Varieties - 1819 - 774 pages
...shaking the long, loose curls, smiling archly at Lord Lindor, she sang in a low, soft voice : — " Sabrina fair, " Listen where thou art sitting " Under...sake, " Goddess of the silver lake, " Listen and save !" " That evocation," said Lord Lindor, '' is as inspiring as the verses of Tyrtseus, which animated... | |
| John Milton - Bible - 1823 - 220 pages
...herself, In hard-besetting need ; this will I try, And add the power of some adjuring verse. SONG. Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under...lake, Listen, and save. Listen, and appear to us, lo name of great Oceanus; By the earth-shaking Neptune's mace. And Tethys' grave majestic pace, By... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...herself, In hard-besetting need ; this will I try, And add the pow'r of some adjuring verse. SONG. SABRINA fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under...knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair ; 860 853. The clasping charm, &c.J At first the verse was thus, Each clasping charm, and xrcn'l hold*... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...herself, In hard besetting need ; this will I try, And add the power of some adjuring verse. 87O SONG. Sabrina fair, Listen, where thou art sitting Under...twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber -drop ping hair ; Listen, for dear honour's sake, U7fi Goddess of the silver lake, Listen, and... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...and the recollection of the seaside, and the imaginary sea deities, brings to our mind : — Song. Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under...twisted braids of Lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen, and save. Listen,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...try, And add the pow'r of some adjuring verse. SONG. SABRINA fair, Listen where thou art sitting sGo Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted...knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair ; 853. The clasping charm, &c.] At first the verse was thus, Eack clasping charm, and secret holding... | |
| John Henry Howlett - Elocution - 1826 - 342 pages
...from the Roman power, by death. LIVY, lib. 30. c. 12. EXCEPTION 2. When contradistinction is implied : Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save. MILTON'S COMUS. ie Listen, and not only listen, but save. NB It is to be remembered, that it is only... | |
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