...musical and poetical gifts. " Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops, that free2e, Bow themselves when he did sing : To his music plants...as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. " Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by."...

...in which Blake had "written out, as prose, the six lines of Shakespearean rhymed verse which begin, 'Orpheus with his lute made trees' ['/ And the mountain...sun and showers / There had made a lasting spring.' (Henry VII Ill.i)]" (Rossetti 123). This manuscript offers further evidence of an extraordinary concern...

...there is prayer. VI BOOK 2: TREES AND VINES Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze Bow themselves, when he did sing. To his...as sun and showers There had made a lasting Spring. —(Shakespeare, Henry VIII) Virgil's second book deals with trees and vines, from the time they are...

...Hcnry VIII, the tradition of seeing Orpheus "as a model of the poet's powers" was well established:32 Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain...as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads and then lay by. In sweet...

...Ever sprung, as0 sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, E\rn the billows of the sea. Hung their heads, and then...care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die. Ol4 Francis Bacon, from The Wisdom of the Ancients, l609. Trans, from Latin by Sir Arthnr Gorges, l6l90...

...soul grows sad with troubles. Sing, and disperse 'em if thou canst; leave working. WOMAN [.n«gy]: Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain...sing. To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung, as0 sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows...

...showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, 10 Hung their heads and then lay by . In sweet music...care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die. Enter [Griffith,'] a gentleman QUEEN KATHERINE HOW HOW? 15 [GRIFFITH! An 't please your grace, the...

...plants and flowers Ever sprung; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Da dum de de dum. Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows...care and grief of heart Fall asleep or, hearing, die. Da dum de de dum."4 (The bugle, snare drum and french horn take over, reaching a crescendo as the lights...

...wench, my soul grows sad with troubles; 2 Sing, and disperse 'em if thou canst. Leave working. Song. Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain...when he did sing. To his music plants and flowers 7 Ever sprung, as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Every thing that heard him play,...

...to recognize still more Monteverdi's remarkable achievement as a man of the theatre. 5 Orfeo (1607) Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain...care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die. (Shakespeare, Henry Vili, III.1) Treating Monteverdi's operas and related works as being of and for...