...is perceived in the following lines, where the pause is at the second syllable from the beginning. The race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears, To rapture, 'till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice; nor could the muse defend Her son....

...while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the East : still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive...Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son....

..."Celestial Patroness" free from the taint of earthly mothers— a mother who will not disillusion: But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus...Revellers, the Race Of that wild Rout that tore the Thradan Bard In Rhodope, where Woods and Rocks had Ears To rapture, till the savage clamor drown'd...

...archetype of that drowned poet becomes linked with his sense of his own career: Still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive...far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revelers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks...

...though fallen, and evil tongues; And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit 'st my slumbers nighdy, or when Morn Purples the East. Still govern thou my...the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard414 In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both...

...her to find him a "fit audience ... though few" for his great effort (31). Lastly, he begs his muse: But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus...Thracian bard In Rhodope, where Woods and Rocks had Ears To rapture, till the savage clamor drown'd Both Harp and Voice; nor could the muse defend Her Son....

...and spiritually exacting for all but a few readers, this is intentional: still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive...barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers. (VII:30-33)24 For the fit few, there remains the sustaining sublimity of a vision that encompasses...

...to evade endangers the song of Milton's Orphic poet - the dominant voice of the official narrative: But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus...Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where Woods and Rocks had Ears To rapture, till the savage clamor drown'd Both Harp and Voice. (7.32-7) As he does in reference to...

...evade endangers the song of Milton's Orphic poet — the dominant voice of the official narrative: But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus...Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where Woods and Rocks had Ears To rapture, till the savage clamor drown'd Both Harp and Voice. (7.32-37) The poet-narrator's resistance...

...while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly or when morn 30 Purples the east. Still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive...race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard 35 In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp...