 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
 | Frank Lentricchia, Andrew DuBois - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 412 pages
...reassertion is, in every sense, reactionary: 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 Flowrets of a thousand hues. (Lycidas, 132-135) Once again the return of the speaker is marked by a... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...smite once, and smite no more.0 Return Alpheus, the dread voice is past,0 That shrunk thy streams; return Sicilian muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowrets of a thousand hues.0 Ye valleys low where the mild whispers use,0 Of shades and wanton winds,... | |
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