 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...imitated from both. Where were ye, nymphs ! when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep...top of Mona, high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream.* Having now treated fully of Ossian's talents, with' respect to description and imagery,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...vales divides.f Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep...shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. } The mention of places remarkably romantic, the supposed habitation of Druids, bards,... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...imitated from both. Where were ye, nymphs ! when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep...top of Mona, high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream.* Having now treated fully of Ossian's talents, with respect to description and imagery,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...to shepherds' ear. Where were ye,Nymphs,when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son Whom universal Nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 402 pages
...Milton's Lycidas : Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the bead of your 1ov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream.. Among these wild scenes, " Deva's wizard stream" is admirably imaged ; by this one... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...shepherd's ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your oW Bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top...wisard stream: Ay me ! I fondly dream ! Had ye been there—for what could that have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse -herself,... | |
 | Edward Berwick - Atticus, Titus Pomponius - 1813 - 584 pages
...in his Lycidas : Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. * Qua? nemora, aut qui saltus habuere, puelte Naiades, indigno cum Gallus aniore periret?... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of j our lov'd Lycidas ? sj For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your...shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream : 5i Ay me! I fondly dream! Had ye been there— for what could that have done? What... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...shepherds' ear. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Hos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep,...high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : Ah me, 1 fondly dream 1 Had ye been there — for what could that have done i What could the Muse... | |
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For what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was... 
