Poison came, Bion, to thy mouth, thou didst know poison. To such lips as thine did it come, and was not sweetened ? What mortal was so cruel that could mix poison for thee, or who could give thee the venom that heard thy voice ? surely he had no music... Theocritus, Bion and Moschus - Page 192by Theocritus - 1880 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1891 - 174 pages
...and mighty or wise, when once we have died, in hollow earth we sleep, gone down into silence. . . . Poison came, Bion, to thy mouth — thou didst know...heard thy voice ? Surely he had no music in his soul. . . . But justice hath overtaken them all.' Bion was born in Smyrna, or in a neighbouring village named... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1891 - 192 pages
...and mighty or wise, when once we have died, in hollow earth we sleep, gone down into silence. . . . Poison came, Bion, to thy mouth — thou didst know...heard thy voice ? Surely he had no music in his soul. . . . But justice hath overtaken them all.' Bion was born in Smyrna, or in a neighbouring village named... | |
| James Baldwin - Elegiac poetry - 1893 - 312 pages
...I would not envy, for 'tis no sweet song he singeth. Begin, ye Sicilian Muses, begin the dirge. 29 Poison came, Bion, to thy mouth, thou didst know poison. To such lips as thine did it come, and was not 20 sweetened ? What mortal was so cruel that could mix poison for thee, or who could give thee venom... | |
| James Baldwin - Elegiac poetry - 1893 - 312 pages
...I would not envy, for 'tis no sweet song he singeth. Begin, ye Sicilian Muses, begin the dirge. 29 Poison came, Bion, to thy mouth, thou didst know poison. To such lips as thine did it come, and was not 20 sweetened ? What mortal was so cruel that could mix poison for thee, or who could give thee venom... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - Poetry - 1898 - 512 pages
...prefixed are translated by Andrew Lang ( Theoeritus, Bion, and Moschus, rendered into English Prose) : " Poison came, Bion, to thy mouth — thou didst know...heard thy voice ? Surely he had no music in his soul." Adonais : this name is applied to Keats in order, apparently, to connect the poem with Bion's Elegy... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - Poetry - 1898 - 492 pages
...prefixed are translated by Andrew l.ang (IIifi'ci itus, Bion, and Moschus, rendered into English Prose): " Poison came, Bion, to thy mouth — thou didst know...heard thy voice? Surely he had no music in his soul." Adonais : this name is applied to Keats in order, apparently, to connect the poem with Bion's Elegy... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - Poetry - 1898 - 490 pages
...prefixed are translated by Andrew Lang (Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus, rendered into English Prose) : " Poison came, Bion, to thy mouth — thou didst know...heard thy voice ? Surely he had no music in his soul." Adonais : this name is applied to Keats in order, apparently, to connect the poem with Bion's Elegy... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 438 pages
...down into silence; a right long, and endless, and unawakening sleep. And thou, too, in the earth will be lapped in silence, but the nymphs have thought...heard thy voice ? surely he had no music in his soul. Begin, ye Sicilian Muses, begin the dirge. But justice hath overtaken them all. Still for this sorrow... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...down into silence; a right long, and endless, and unawakening sleep. And thou, too, in the earth will be lapped in silence, but the nymphs have thought...heard thy voice ? surely he had no music in his soul. Begin, ye Sicilian Muses, begin the dirge. But justice hath overtaken them all. Still for this sorrow... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - English poetry - 1901 - 710 pages
...p. 519. PREPACK, Moschui, 111-114. 'Poison came, Bion, to thy mouth — thou didst know poison. Io such lips as thine did it come and was not sweetened ? What mortal was so cruel that oould mix poison for thee, or who could giro thee the venom that heard thy voice ? Surely, he had no... | |
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