 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 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, NOTES. Ver. 77.]... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...in the myrtle grove, Restore, restore Eurydice to life : Oh take the hushand, or return the wife ! He sung, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer, Stern Proserpine relented, And gave him hack the fair. Thus song could prevail O'er death and o'er hell ; A conquest how hard and how glorious!... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...in 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, And gave him back the lair. Thus song could prevail O'er death and o'er hell \ A conquest how hard and how glorious ! Though... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1851 - 1502 pages
...AMPHIBRACH TRIMETER. Formula xa xX3. § 700. The accented lines are composed of three Amphibrachs. A con'quest, how hard' and how glo'rious' ! Though...had fast bound her With Styx nine times round her ! Tet mu'sic and love' were victo'rious ! — POPS. , Formula xaa;X3— . Here one syllable is wanting.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 330 pages
...relented, 85 And gave him back the fair. 1 [" For death is not more strong than love." — Sandys.] Thus song could prevail O'er death, and o'er hell,...and how glorious ! Though fate had fast bound her 90 With Styx nine times round her, Yet music and love were victorious. VI. But soon, too soon, the... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...When opening trads salute the welcome day, And earth, relenting, feels the genial ray. Pope. He sang, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer; Stern Proserpine relented, And gave mm back the fair. Pope. REIIGION. 537 RELIGION. THE high embower'd roof, With antique pillars, massy... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - English language - 1854 - 282 pages
...young ; [And] I loved her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her t6ngue. — SHENSTONE. A conquest how hard and how glorious ; Though fate had fast bound her, 3. Four measures. Formulas xaxx 4, and x ax X4— . The world will not change, and her heart will not... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1855 - 668 pages
...; Oh take the husband, or return the wife ! He sung, and Hell consented To hear the poet's pray'r ; Stern Proserpine relented, And gave him back the Fair....and o'er Hell, A conquest how hard and how glorious ! Tho' Fate had fast bound her With Styx nine times round her, Yet Music!; and Love were victorious."... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1855 - 786 pages
...AMPHIBRACH TRIMETER. Formula xaxx 3. § 655. The accented lines are composed of three Amphibrachs. A con'quest, | how hard' and | how glo'rious ! Though fate had fast bound iier With Styx nine times round her ! Yet mu'sic and love' were victo'rious ! — POPE. Formula xaxx... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...in the myrtle grove, Restore, restore Eurydice to life ; Oh, take the husband, or restore the wife! He sung, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer; Stern Proserpine relented, And gave him hack the fair. Thus song could prevail O'er death and o'er hell, A conquest how hard and how glorious!... | |
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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... 
