...other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love : There...societies That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. SLEEP. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...

...With nectar pure, his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the bless'd kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him...societies, That sing, and singing, in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more ; Henceforth thou...

...his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest regions meek of peace and love : There entertain him all the saints above,...societies, That sing, and singing in their glory, move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Many " melodious tears" have been shed over the graves of...

...other streams alon^ With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves; And hears the uncxpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him iill tho saints above, With solemn troops and sweet societies, That sing, aud singing ia their glory...

...other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love, There...societies That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears forever from his eyes. (1L 174-181) The epithalamic close so effectively reverses...

...along With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the bless'd elp And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. 33 At last he rose, and twitch'd his mantle blue. Tomorrow...

...his oozy loeks he laves. And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek ofjoy and love. There entertain him all the saints above,...societies That sing and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Perhaps this also owes something to the sixth book of the...

...streams along, With Nectar pure his oozy Lock's he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptiall Song, In the blest Kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all tie Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet Societies Tbat sing, and singing in their glory move,...

...streams along,— With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, He hears the unexpressive nuptial song. In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love, There...and sweet societies, That sing and singing in their gay muse, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. (Dial, IIt, 362) 40 Other examples of the persistence...

...lyre; a sacred palm frond becomes a thyrsus of Sion; and instead of Lycidas's harmonious grandeur among "solemn troops, and sweet Societies / That sing, and singing in their glory move" (179-80), there is an orgy of sound and movement of raging bacchants. Damon's learning and piety have...