 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 422 pages
...at length, Hell's pitying monarch cry'd, The song rewarding, let us yield the bride.—— r. IBWIS. He sung, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer...Stern Proserpine relented, And gave him back the fair. I It'tt, noctis prope terminos Orpheus Eurydicen swtm Vidit, perdidit, occidit. , Nor yet the golden... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 414 pages
...Subdu'd at length, Hell's pitying monarch cry'd, The song rewarding, let us yield the bride. F. LEWISHe sung, and Hell consented To hear the poet's prayer...Stern Proserpine relented, And gave him back the fair. i Heu, noctis props terminos Orpheus Eurydicen suiim Vidit, perdidit, occidit. Nor yet the golden verge... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...the myrtle grove, Restore, restore Eurydice to life ; Oh, take the husband, or return the wife !— He sung, and Hell consented To hear the poet's prayer:...and o'er Hell, A conquest how hard and how glorious f Though Fate had fast bound her, With Styx nine times round her, Yet Music and Love were victorious.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 426 pages
...the myrtle grove, 80 Restore, restore Eurydice to life : Oh take the husband, or return the wife ! He sung, and hell consented To hear the Poet's prayer : Stern Proserpine relented, 85 And gave him back the fair. Thus song could prevail O'er death, and o'er hell, A conquest how hard... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 pages
...the myrtle grove, 80 Restore, restore Eurydice to life : Oh take the husband, or return the wife ! He sung, and hell consented To hear the Poet's prayer : Stern Proserpine relented, 85 And gave him back the fair. Thus song could prevail O'er death, and o'er hell, A conquest how hard... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...the myrtle grove, Restore, restore Eurydice to life ; Oh, take the husband, or return the wife!— He sung, and Hell consented To hear the poet's prayer: Stern Proserpine relented, Aud gave him back the fair. Thus song could prevail O'er Death and o'er Hell, A conquest how hard and... | |
 | 1822 - 370 pages
...Subdued at lengfh, Hell's pitying monarch cried, The song rewarding, let us yield the bride. F. LEWIS. He sung, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer; Stern Proserpine relen led, And gave him back the fair. lieu, noctis prope terminos Orpheus Eurydicen suam Vidit, perdidit,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...Subdued at length, Hell's pitying monarch cry'd The song rewarding, let us yield the bride. F. LEWIS. He sung, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer...Stern Proserpine relented, And gave him back the fair. Hen, noctis prope terminos orpheus Eurydicen suam Vidit, perdidit, occidit. Nor yet the golden verge... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1823 - 408 pages
...Subdued at length, Hell's pitying monarch cry'd The song rewarding, let us yield the bride. r. LEWIS. He sung, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer...Stern Proserpine relented, And gave him back the fair. IL n- noctis prope terminos OrphciiS Eurydiccn suam Vidil, penlidit, occidil. Nor yet the golden verge... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...the myrtle grove, 80 Restore, restore Eurydice to life : Oh take the husband, or return the wife ! He sung, and hell consented To hear the Poet's prayer : Stern Proserpine relented, 85 And gave him back the fair. Thus song could prevail O'er death, and o'er hell, Ver. 77.] These images... | |
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He sung, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer : Stern Proserpine relented, And gave him back the fair : Thus song could prevail O'er death, and o'er hell, A conquest how hard, and how glorious ! Tho' fate had fast bound her With Styx nine times... 
