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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... "
Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry ... - Page 21
by John Bell - 1794
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The English language, in its elements and forms

William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1857 - 516 pages
...TRIMETER. Formula xax X 3. The accented lines are compose'd of three Amphibraehs. " A cou'quest, / how hard' and / how glo'rious ! Though fate had fast bound her With Styx nine times round her ! Tet mu'sic and love' were victo'rious !" — FurB. Formula xaxx 3 — . Here one syllable is wanting....
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 504 pages
...Wandering in the myrtle gi e, Restore, restore Eurydice to life Oh take the husband, or return I -ife ! ope her,I Yet music and love were vietorious. But soon, too soon, the lover turns his eyes : Again she...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 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...Thus song could prevail O'er death and o'er hell, Though fate had fast bound her, With Styx nine times round her, Yet music and love were victorious....
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Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 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,...death and o'er hell ; A conquest how hard and how glorioui ! Though fale had fast hound her With Styx nine times round her, Vei music and love were victorious....
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Double acrostics by various authors, ed. by K.L.

Double acrostics - 1862 - 208 pages
...the dripping wheel, The very air about the door, Made misty with the floating meal." 4. " He sang, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer, Stern...Proserpine relented, And gave him back the fair." 5. " Renowned, romantic land, Where is the standard which Pelayo bore When Cava's traitor-sire first...
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The Works

Michael Bruce - 1865 - 290 pages
...Amidst Rhodope's snows.' POPE'S Ode to St Cecilufs Day.— M'K. NOTE (ji). — P. 420. Victorious. — *Thus song could prevail O'er death and o'er hell...had fast bound her With Styx nine times round her, Vet Music and Love were victorious.' POPE'S Ode to St Cecilia's /?«?.— M'K. NOTE (z) — P. 223....
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The Works of Michael Bruce: Ed. with Memoir and Notes

Michael Bruce - Poets, Scottish - 1865 - 292 pages
...Amidst Rhodope's snows.' POPE'S Ode to St Cecilia's Day.— M'K. Victorious.NOTE (j), — P. 220. ' Thus song could prevail O'er death and o'er hell ;...conquest how hard and how glorious ! Though Fate had fast hound her With Styx nine times round her, Yet Music and Love were victorious.' POPE'S Ode to St Cecilia's...
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The British Poets, Volume 2

1866 - 328 pages
...in the myrtle grove, Restore, restore Eurydice to life ! Oh, take the husband, or return the wife I He sung, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer...and o'er hell, A conquest how hard and how glorious I Though fate had fast bound her, With Styx nine times round her, Yet music and love were victorious....
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1866 - 338 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...Thus song could prevail O'er death and o'er hell, Though fate had fast bound her, With Styx nine times round her Yet music and love were victorious....
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with life of the author and notes by J ...

Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...myrtle grove ; — 80 Restore, restore Eurydice to life : O, take the husband, or return the wife ! ' He sung, and hell consented To hear the poet's prayer...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...
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