...Motley's Ferdinand and Isabella, i. 10. It was Phoebus whoresponded in heaven to the nightingale's Through the leafy curls of the woodbine sweet The...high Of immortal Gods, a divine reply To the tones of thy witching melody. The sound of a flute is heard tcithin, imitating the nightingale's song.) Eu....

...thy mouth divine For sore-wept Itys, thy child and mine ; Thy tender trillings his name prolong AVith the liquid note of thy tawny throat ; Through the...sweet The pure sound mounts to the heavenly seat, And Phoabus, lord of the golden hair, As he lists to thy wild plaint echoing there, Draws answering strains...

...my mate! Shake off thy slumbers, and clear and strong Let loose the floods of thy glorious song, 210 The sacred dirge of thy mouth divine For sore-wept...heavenly choir, And calls from the blessed lips on high 220 Of immortal Gods, a divine reply To the tones of thy witching melody. [The sound of a flute is...

...men, and bend both to serve their will : Awake, my mate ! Shake off thy slumbers, and clear and strong The sacred dirge of thy mouth divine For sore-wept...sweet The pure sound mounts to the heavenly seat, And Phcebus, lord of the golden hair, As he lists to thy wild plaint echoing there. Draws answering strains...

...delightful, especially such a piece as the hoopoe's serenade to its mate (209 íí.) : Awake, my matel Shake off thy slumbers, and clear and strong Let loose...sweet The pure sound mounts to the heavenly seat. — BB Rogers In the other plays indecency is incidental; in Lysistrata (411 BC) it is central, and...

...sleep, my mate! Shake off thy slumbers, and clear and strong Let loose thy flood of glorious song. With the liquid note of thy tawny throat Through the leafy curls of the woodbine sweet Send thy pure sound to the heavenly seat Of Phoebus, lord of the golden lair, Who lists to thy wild...