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...play musick to the gods ?" Lilly's Midas, quoted by Mr. Warton, was published in 1592. STEEVENS, 681. And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony,] This .nonsense we should read and point thus : And when love speaks the voice of all the gods, Mark,...

...Ilesperides? Subtle as sphinx; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility....

...speaks, the voice of all the gods Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Untill his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility. From women's eyes this doctrine I derive : They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ;...

...strung with his hair, means no more than strung with gilded wire. WARBURTON. Line 7jJ5- And, when lace speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.] A very ingenious friend observes, that the meaning of the passage is this: That the voice of all the...

...Hesperides ? 2 Subtle as sphinx; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility....

...musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the goda Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'cl with love's sighs; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild...

...poets' sinews," is extremely beautiful, and highly figurative. Apollo, as the LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST. 95 And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. 5 sun, is represented with golden hair; so that a lute strung with his hair means no more than strung...

...Hcsperides ? Subtle as sphinx; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; And", when love speaks , the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmnny. Never diirst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; O,...

...Hesperides? Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair, And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes...durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild...