...Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelop»" fine, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare)...stage. But, O sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Mustcus from his bower; Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew...

...immortal mind, that hath forsook Her mansion, in this fleshly nook : And of those demons, that are found In fire, air, flood, or under ground, Whose...Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy, In scepter'd pall, come sweepmg by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what, though rare,...

...hath fursook Her mansion in this fleshly nook : PROM 1649 JOHN MILTON. And of those demons that are and preparation of mind. [On Prayer.] Prayer is an...action of likeness to the Holy Ghost, the spirit of g Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelope' line,...

...alluded to by our own poet, Milton, in the 1-known lines — " Sometime let gorgeous tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes' or Pelops' line Or the tale of Troy divine." (To be concluded in our next.) 'g (ffovnev. ELLEN MTJNUO ; OE SCHOOL LIPE. (Continued from p. 311.)...

...fill," " but ere a close the wonted roar was up amidst the woods." Whose was the wonted roar ? 2. " Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come...rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage." What is the meaning of " sceptered pall"? and why is Tragedy represented as so arrayed ? Why is the...

...doubt. When I read those wonderfully beauteous words — "Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine" there flash over me in reminiscence all those old Greek plays that have come down to us from the festival...

...Purgatory and the citadels of Paradise. It was the same with drama. Tragedy with sceptered pall came sweeping by, Presenting Thebes or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, or the Wars of the Roses, or the exploits of Moor and Christian under old Andalusian walls, or the campaigns...

...or with Element. Som time let Gorgeous Tragedy In Scepter'd Patt com sweeping by, Presenting Thebs, or Pelops line, Or the tale of Troy divine. Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the Busland flage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise MUSZUS//WH his bower, Or bid the soul...

...mansion in this fleshly nook; And of those demons that are found In fire, air, flood, or underground, Whose power hath a true consent With planet or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy70 In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy...

...diametrically opposed. True, L'Allegro likes the popular theatre whereas II Penseroso prefers classical drama: "Sometime let Gorgeous Tragedy / In scepter'd Pall...Thebes, or Pelops line, / Or the tale of Troy divine" (11. 97-100). Yet II Penseroso does not dismiss all contemporary dramatists, for he then adds "Or what...