...Lycidas ? He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind Without the meed of some melodious tear. Fourteen lines of verbal music, solemn yet subtly varied. The magic lies chiefly in tonal harmony....

...Lycidas? he well knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his water}' bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind Without the...melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string: Hence...

...life, to commemorate human identity and affirm communal bonds. He must not float upon his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. (lines 12-14)39 Milton is disturbed by visions of Lycidas' body, lost at sea, his "bones" "hurl'd,"...

...paragraph of "Lycidas" opens: Begin, then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of ]ove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse ... (15-18) The similarities in diction and phrasing between these lines and those from "The Eolian...

...Lycidas7. He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the...melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence...

...Lycidas? He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. BEHIND Milton's verses lie centuries of pastoral verse, but their source is to be traced to the Boukolika...

...Lycidas? he knew 10 Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the...the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse, 1. Contrast Milton's confidence of winning the 10. An echo of Virgil's question: "Who would poet's...

...me parching wind,0 Without the meed of some melodious tear.0 Begin then, sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string.0 Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse,0 So may some gentle muse0 With lucky words favour...

...Lycidas? he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the...melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence...

...Lycidas? he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his wat'ry bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear, (lines 1-14) THE OPENING LINES of John Milton's Lycidas reflect many central concerns of the literary...