Comus (Excerpts)
SONG1-
Sweet
Echo,
sweetest
nymph
that
liv'st
unseen
-
Within
thy
airy
shell
-
By
slow
Meander's
margent
green,
-
And
in
the
violet-imbroider'd
vale
-
Where
the
love-lorn
nightingale
-
Nightly
to
thee
her
sad
song
mourneth
well:
-
Canst
thou
not
tell
me
of
a
gentle
pair
-
That
likest
thy
Narcissus
are?
-
O
if
thou
have
-
Hid
them
in
some
flow'ry
cave,
-
Tell
me
but
where
-
Sweet
Queen
of
Parley,
Daughter
of
the
Sphere,
-
So
mayst
thou
be
translated
to
the
skies,
-
And
give
resounding
grace
to
all
heav'ns
harmonies.
SONG
-
Sabrina
fair
-
Listen
where
thou
art
sitting
-
Under
the
glassy,
cool,
translucent
wave,
-
In
twisted
braids
of
lilies
knitting
-
The
loose
train
of
thy
amber-dropping
hair;
-
Listen
for
dear
honour's
sake,
-
Goddess
of
the
silver
lake,
-
Listen
and
save.
-
Listen
and
appear
to
us
-
In
name
of
great
Oceanus,
-
By
the
earth-shaking
Neptune's
mace,
-
And
Tethys'
grave
majestic
pace;
-
By
hoary
Nereus'
wrinkled
look,
-
And
the
Carpathian
wizard's
hook;
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By
scaly
Triton's
winding
shell,
-
And
old
soothsaying
Glaucus'
spell;
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By
Leucothea's
lovely
hands,
-
And
her
son
that
rules
the
strands;
-
By
Thetis'
tinsel-slipper'd
feet,
-
And
the
songs
of
Sirens
sweet;
-
By
dead
Parthenope's
dear
tomb,
-
And
fair
Ligea's
golden
comb,
-
Wherewith
she
sits
on
diamond
rocks
-
Sleeking
her
soft
alluring
locks;
-
By
all
the
nymphs
that
nightly
dance
-
Upon
thy
streams
with
wily
glance,
-
Rise,
rise,
and
heave
thy
rosy
head
-
From
thy
coral-pav'n
bed,
-
And
bridle
in
thy
headlong
wave,
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Till
thou
our
summons
answer'd
have.
-
Listen
and
save.
SABRINA
RISES,
ATTENDED
BY
WATER-NYMPHS,
AND
SINGS
-
By
the
rushy-fringed
bank,
-
Where
grows
the
willow
and
the
osier
dank,
-
My
sliding
chariot
stays,
-
Thick
set
with
agate,
and
the
azurn
sheen
-
Of
turkis
blue,
and
em'rald
green
-
That
in
the
channel
strays,
-
Whilst
from
off
the
waters
fleet
-
Thus
I
set
my
printless
feet
-
O'er
the
cowslip's
velvet
head,
-
That
bends
not
as
I
tread;
-
Gentle
swain
at
thy
request
-
I
am
here.
