...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, That from...bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurst upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere...

...with denial vain, and coy excuse: So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn; 20 And, as he passes, turn And bid fair peace be to my...shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the self-same hill, 1'ed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under...

...utriusque sexus participationem habere numina. So, in his Lycidas, he says (unless it be a false, print) " So may some gentle Muse " With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, " And as he passes turn ;" where Muse in the masculine for poet is very bold. Perhaps it should here also be, " Bears greatest...

...upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from...So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn ; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nursed...

...parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, is That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin,...gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, so And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the self-same...

...50 Where] Spenser's Astrophel, st 22, Ah. where were ye the while his shepheard peares, &c. Warton. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from...gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, 20 And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the self-same...

...^^ 15 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring-; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the spring1. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse: So may some...gentle muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn; 20 And, as he passes, turn, And hid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the self-same...

...Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, That from ltencath the seat of jove doth spring; Begin, and somewhat...So may some gentle Muse* With lucky words favour my destined urn; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nursed...

...'NegetquiscarminaGallo.' Virg. Eel. x. 3. Peck. 12 Watery] See Theod. Prodrom. Dos. et Rhod. Am. p. 254, ed. Gaulm. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from...gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, 20 And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the self-same...

...of the commentators on Milton have pointed out his allusion to this passage in the Lycidas, v. 15. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring. Milton, with whom Euripides was a favourite poet, seems to have read, with Lascaris, xoira;, which...