...nothing said : But that two-handed enginet at the door, Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk...the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flow'rcts of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds,...

...tranquillity of the outward world scenes and sounds that harmonize with its pensiveness. " Return," he cries, Return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid...cast Their bells, and flow'rets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks, On whose...

...and hang your heads adowne ! For such a shepheard never shall you guide, Whose parting hath of wcale bereft you cleane.' i* two-handed] « Yet, maie the...streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and hid them hither cast Their bells, and flow'rets of a thousand hues. 135 Ye valleys low, where the mild...

...Qa\a.aaovi>nos. Could that strange poet have alluded to the practice of mixing sea-water with wine ? b Ye vallies low, where the mild whispers use Of shades and wanton...swart-star sparely looks, Throw hither all your quaint enamelled eyes, That on the green turf suck the honied showers, And purple all the ground with vernal...

...nothing fed : But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk...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 most pleasing passages in the Lycidas. " Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrank thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the...cast Their bells and flowrets of a thousand hues. Ye vallies low, where the wild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks, On whose...

...nothing sed : But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk...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,...

...nothing sed : But that two-handed engine at the door 1 30 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." at pass, flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds,...

...nothing said : But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk...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,...

...lovely verses, the beautiful fictions of Paganism and Theocritus to come back: — " Return, Alphcus ; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ;...the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whitpers use Of shades, and wanton, winds,...