...corresponding to the expressive touches of Milton's portraiture : Sometimes let gorgeous tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine. This restriction of subjects was a necessary consequence of the circumstances in which Greece was at...

...sceptred] Miltoni Eleg. i. 37. Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, 100 Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the...Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing 105 Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made...

...Milton referred to the more classical sources of ancient learning, when he exclaimed, — Some time let gorgeous Tragedy In seepter'd pall come sweeping...Thebes, or Pelops line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! Line 38. The life of Tursalem.] Probably a mistake, as no such work or person is known. " There cannot...

...classical sources of ancient learning, when he exclaimed, — Some time let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! Line 38. The life of Tursalem.] Probably a mistake, as no such work or person is known. " There cannot...

...classical sources of ancient learning, when he exclaimed, — Some time let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! Line 38. The life of Tursalem.] Probably a mistake, as no such work or person is known. " There cannot...

...scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Peiops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine; 100 Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, 0 sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Mnsaens from his bower! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing 105...

...being a sock or a buskin. Buskins he wore of costliest cordewayne, Pinkt upon gold. SPENSIK'S F. QUKIN. Or what, though rare of later age, Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. MILTON. BUSK POINTS, the tags or points of the lace used by ladies in fastening their stays over the...

...power hath a true consent With planet, or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes' or Pelops'...stage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musseus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes, as warbled to the string, Drew...

...consent With planet, or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptered pall come sweeping byt Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line,. Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of latter age Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musteus...

...With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! // Penseroso. MOULTE.IE. How delightful it is in this busy and tumultuous age — this carnival of...