 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 352 pages
...stanza (which I shall here quote), that it " seems to imitate happily the music it describes :"— Descend ye Nine ; descend and sing ; The breathing...silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre ! In a sadly pleasing strain Let the warbling lute complain ; Let the loud trumpet sound Till the roofs all... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 376 pages
...stanza (which I shall here quote), that it " seems to imitate happily the music it describes :" — Descend ye Nine ; descend and sing ; The breathing...silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre ! In a sadly pleasing strain Let the u-arbling lute complain ; IM the loud trumpet sound Till the roofs all... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pages
...stanza (which I shall here quote), that it " seems to imitate happily the music it describes :" — Descend ye Nine; descend and sing ; The breathing...voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre ! Jit a sndly pleasing strain Let the warbling lute complain ; IM the loud trumpet sound Till the rmifx... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 pages
...toil of Homer, to devote himself again to lighter compositions. ODE FOR MUSIC ON ST. CECILIA'S DAY'. I. DESCEND, ye Nine ! descend and sing ; The breathing...sweep the sounding lyre ! In a sadly-pleasing strain 5 Let the warbling lute complain : Let the loud trumpet sound, 'Till the roofs all around The shrill... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...CECILIA'S DAY MDCCVm. And other Pieces for Music. DESCEND, ye Nine : descend and sing: The hreathing instruments inspire ; Wake into voice each silent...sounding lyre ! In a sadly-pleasing strain Let the warhling lute complain Let the loud trumpet sound, Till the roofs all around The shrill echoes rehound... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...fields I sung the sylvan strains. ODE ON ST. CECILIA'S DAY, MDCCVIII. AND OTHER PIECES FOR MUSIC i I. DESCEND, ye Nine ! descend and sing ; The breathing...sadly-pleasing strain Let the warbling lute complain : Let the loud trumpet sound, Till the roofs all around The shrill echoes rebound ; While, in more... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...these fields I sang the sylvan strains. ODE OX ST. CECILIA'S DAY, MDCCVIII. And other Pieces for Music. DESCEND, ye Nine : descend and sing: The breathing...sadly-pleasing strain Let the warbling lute complain ; Let the loud trumpet sound, Till the roofs all around The shrill echoes rebound : While, in more... | |
 | G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 pages
...bn-- ra?rt, unb bafjer »erfc$feben ift, fo oft tiefe in eine anbere iibergel»t. w — w — \j — w Descend ye nine! descend and sing; The breathing instruments...each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre! In a sad | ly pleas | ing strain, W \J -- \J ... - \_j __ _ Let the war ] bhng lute | complain; Let the... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1855 - 668 pages
...MusickAct. The Words by Alexander Pope, Esq. The Musick by Maurice Greene, Doctor in MusMt. As ODE. " Descend ye Nine ! descend and sing ; The breathing...complain : In more lengthen'd notes and slow, The deep, majestick, solemn organs blow. Hark ! the numbers, soft and clear, Gently steal upon the ear ; Now... | |
 | Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 190 pages
...it shall please my country to need my death. Shakspeare. IRREGULAR VERSE. ODE ON ST. CECILIA'S* DAY. DESCEND, ye Nine, descend and sing! The breathing...sadly-pleasing strain, Let the warbling lute complain : Let the loud trumpet sound, Till the roofs all around, the shrill echoes rebound : While in more... | |
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ON ST CECILIA'S DAY, MDCOVIH. i. DESCEND, ye Nine! descend and sing ; The breathing instruments inspire, Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre! In a sadly-pleasing strain Let the warbling lute complain : Let the loud trumpet... 
