 Orpheus with his lute made trees. And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing : To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung ; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.  The Book of Elizabethan Verse - Page 391edited by - 1907 - 823 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Poetry - 460 pages
...that hangs on the bough. Orpheus with his lute Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain tops that freeze Bow themselves when he did sing: To his...care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die. THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet... | |
 | Peggy Muñoz Simonds - Art and literature - 1992 - 412 pages
...10 Conclusion: The Tempered Music of Orpheus Orpheus with his lute made trees. And the mountain tops that freeze. Bow themselves when he did sing. To his...sun and showers. There had made a lasting spring. Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea. Hung their heads, and then lay by. In... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Fiction - 1993 - 390 pages
...crowded round him and the latter relaxed somewhat of their hardness, softened by his notes. Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops that...care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die. SHAKESPEARE Hymen had been called to bless with his presence the nuptials of Orpheus with Eurydice;... | |
 | H. A. Guerber, Hélène Adeline Guerber - Social Science - 1993 - 500 pages
...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...billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by." Shakespeare, This talent waxed greater as the years passed by, and became so remarkable, that the youth's... | |
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