 Return Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk thy streams; return Sicilian Muse, And call the Vales, and bid them hither cast Their Bells, and Flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use, Of shades and wanton winds,...  The Genius and Character of Burns - Page 131by John Wilson - 1845 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...drops back to the mode of pastoral: Return Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk thy streams; Return Sicilian Muse, And call the Vales, and bid them hither cast Their Bels, and Flourets of a thousand hues. [132-35] The power of this long floral offering arises from... | |
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