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" Now strike the golden lyre again! A louder yet, and yet a louder strain, Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark! the horrid sound Has raised up his head! As awaked from the dead, And amazed, he stares... "
The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine - Page 96
edited by - 1839
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Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ...

English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...sigh'd again. At length, with love and wine at once opprest, The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast. Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and...asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd from the dead, And amaz'd he stares...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces

John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...her breast. CHORDS. k Tut prince, unable to conceal his pain, Gn'd on the fair Who cua'd hi< care, ~ bm + =^_L k W? [ G" ^ { & W ٷ 3 Q2 ^ ҂ #7 Ҟt d;v &-Z hands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound...
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from ...

George Crabb - English language - 1826 - 768 pages
...thing which is supposed to serve the purpose of a band ; thus love is said to have its silken bands ; Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. DBYDEN. Shackle, whether as a substantive or a verb, retains the idea of controlling the movements...
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The Harmonicon, Volumes 4-5

Music - 1826 - 534 pages
...Dithyrambic tu Bacchus, beginning, " Bacchus ever fair and young;" the second was the stormy chorus: — " Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peel of thunder." The effect produced upon a numerous audience by this spiritstirring music, unknown...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...again : At length with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquish'd victor — sunk upon her breast. Now, strike the golden lyre again ; A louder yet,...asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! — the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd from the dead ; And, amazed, he...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...sigh'd again. At length, with love and wine at once opprest, The vanquished victor sunk upon her breast. Now strike the golden lyre again; A louder yet, and...strain: Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him with a rattling peal of thunder. Hark! hark — the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...: At length, with love and wine at once oppress'd^ nhe vanquish'd victor — sunk upon her breast. Now, strike the golden lyre again ; A louder yet,...asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd from the dead ; And, amaz'd, he stares...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...: At length, with love and wine at once oppressed, The vanquished victor — sunk upon her breast. Now, strike the golden lyre again ; A louder yet,...asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! — the horrid sound Has raised up his head, As awaked from the dead ; And amazed he...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3

John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pages
...120 At length, with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast. VI. Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and...a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, 125 And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has rais'd up his...
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Lectures on Poetry and General Literature: Delivered at the Royal ...

James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 528 pages
...as spontaneous as the cries of alarm and consternation excited by the bacchanal orgies described. " Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and...asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head, As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares...
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