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...thoughts rise beyond the simile, and he triumphantly exclaims : Through the dear might of him that walk'd the waves Where, other groves and other streams along,...song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. Castiglioni too places his Alcou in Elysium : Et mine Elysia laetus spatiaris in umbra, Aleone et frueris...

...Nativity, st. 11. Harping in loud and solemn quire With unexpressive notes to heav'n's new-born heir. In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There...societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, . iso And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more ; Henceforth...

...peace, andjoy • in the Holy Ghost. .••!.! 'i " He hears the unexpressive nuptial song, " In tlie blest kingdoms, meek of joy and love. " There entertain...move, " And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes." I must pursue this reflection a little farther, to remark another branch of my subject. Words are,...

...morning sky: So Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high, Through the dear might of him that walk'd on high, Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar...sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory more, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth...

...weep no more ; " For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead.— — " Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high— " Where, other groves and other streams along, " With...Saints above, " In solemn troops, and sweet societies, " Who sing, and singing in their glory move.— " Henceforth thou art the Genius of the Shore" Nec...

...the morning sky ; So Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high, Through the dear might of him that walk'd the waves ; Where, other groves and other streams...nuptial song. In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and lore. There entertain him all the saints above. In solemn troops and sweet societies, . That sing,...

...tender and solemn, and Lycidas discloses the richest bloom of his virgin fancy. The fine lines, — So Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high Through the...song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love, — are, perhaps, unmatched by anything that he afterwards wrote. Dryden tried his hand at memorial...

...the waves, Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, Atid hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest...societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, Aud wipe Die tears for ever from his eyes." [I.yciclu. From * design by Fuseli.] That sanctity which...

...immortality : — " So Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high, Through the dear might of him that walk'd the waves, Where other groves and other streams along,...song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love." Why should we hesitate to welcome death in the common course of nature, when many have been eager to...