...degree to which the archetype of that drowned poet becomes linked with his sense of his own career: Still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience...Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamor drowned Both harp and voice; nor could the Muse defend Her son....

...darkness, and with dangers compast round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit's! my slumbers + @+ . (Bk. VII, 1. 27-31) EBEV; FiP; NAEL-1; OAEL-1; OBS; TOF 85 And God said. Let the waters generate, Reptile...

...ambitious, too intellectually and spiritually exacting for all but a few readers, this is intentional: still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience...far off the 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...

...darkness, and with dangers compassed round, And solitude; yet not alone while Thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the East. Still govern...my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few. [vH. 23-31] 14. Revival, 1663—1669 were relatively few published allusions to Milton during the period...

...of the official narrative: But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his Revellers, the Race Of that wild Rout that tore the 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...

...of the official narrative: But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his Revellers, the Race Of that wild Rout that tore the 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...

...compassed round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly or when morn 30 Purples the east. Still govern thou my song, Urania,...far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard 35 In Rhodope, where woods and rocks...

...compassed round. And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly or when morn 30 Purples the east. Still govern thou my song, Urania,...fit audience find. though few. But drive far off the harharous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian...

...darkness, and with dangers compast round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern...my Song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few. (PL, vn, 16-31) NOTES 1 The Works ofLordByron. letters and Journals, ed. Rowland E. Prothero (London,...

...darkness, and with dangers compast round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit's! my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern...far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his Revellers, the Race Of that wild Rout that tore the Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where Woods and Rocks...