...in the true reading. It Is supported by Milton's imitation of the passage in bis "ARCADES:" — *' Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature in her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune which none can hear Of...

...hear it." And Milton, in the Arcades, 68 - 73 : " Such sweet compulsion doth in music 1ie, To lul1 the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross, nnpurged...

...deep of night, when drowsiness Hath locked up mortal sense, then listen I To the celestial Syrens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres,...keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measured motion draw, After tne heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged...

...Glode, is glided If Chaujer's contemporary had written -ift.-n tnui. hit name would have been as famous Then listen I To the celestial Sirens' harmony, That...the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature in her law, And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear...

...sing to those that hold the vital shears. And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the lute of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth...keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged...

...the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion does in music lie, To lull the daughters of necessity, And keep unsteady nature to her law, 70 And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human...

...the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion does in music lie, To lull the daughters of necessity, And keep unsteady nature to her law, 70 And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human...

...that hold the vital sliears, And turn the adamantin spindle round, On which the fate of gods and man is wound ; Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughter of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to lier law, And the low world in measured motion draw...

...harmony is in immortal souls ; But, whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in, wo cannot hear it." Milton has imitated this in his Arcades,...keep unsteady nature to her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould with gross unpurged...

...to bless : 60 But else, in deep of night, when drowsiness Hath locked up mortal sense, then listen 1 To the celestial Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the...of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, 7° And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human...