...head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the Laureat herse where Lycid lies." All who know the " Lycidas," know how impossible it is to detach any one single passage from the rest,...

...dog-star Is culled the " bwart-star," by turning the fin*' Into the cause. To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. For, so to interpose a little ease,...surmise. Ay me ! whilst thee the shores and sounding seaa Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurl'd; 150 Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou...

...amaranthut all hit beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strow the laureat hearse where Lycid lies ; For, so to interpose a little ease,...thee the shores and sounding seas, Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurl'd, Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps, under the whelming...

...Monody of Lycidas, and explain the expressions printed in Italics in the following passage : — " For so, to interpose a little ease, Let our frail...whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurled, Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps, under the whelming...

...whole pasaago, aeeording to the eoneeption in the mind of the poet, we take to be as follows : — " For, so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise, Ah me ! while thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away. — Where'er thy bones are hurled, Whether...

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...cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lydd lies." * 1 It may Interest the reader to know that passage so written Is...

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...embroidery wears : Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, 1so To strew the laureat herse where Lycid lies. For,...Whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurl'd, Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps, under the whelming...

...amarantus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears To strew the laureat hearse where Lycid lies. For, so to interpose a little ease,...whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away,—where'er thy bones are hurl'd, Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides Where thou perhaps, under...