...musical and poetical gifts. " Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops, that free2e, Bow themselves when he did sing : To his music plants...as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. " Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by."...

...in which Blake had "written out, as prose, the six lines of Shakespearean rhymed verse which begin, 'Orpheus with his lute made trees' ['/ And the mountain...sun and showers / There had made a lasting spring.' (Henry VII Ill.i)]" (Rossetti 123). This manuscript offers further evidence of an extraordinary concern...

...there is prayer. VI BOOK 2: TREES AND VINES Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze Bow themselves, when he did sing. To his...as sun and showers There had made a lasting Spring. —(Shakespeare, Henry VIII) Virgil's second book deals with trees and vines, from the time they are...

...Hcnry VIII, the tradition of seeing Orpheus "as a model of the poet's powers" was well established:32 Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain...as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads and then lay by. In sweet...

...confusions can occur when the music distracts from the sense the way it does in this Shakespeare song: Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves when he did sing . . . The strong and delightful rhyme of trees and freeze makes a reader want to emphasize both words...

...soul grows sad with troubles. Sing, and disperse 'em if thou canst; leave working. WOMAN [.n«gy]: Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain...sing. To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung, as0 sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows...

...troubles. Sing, and disperse 'em if thou canst; leave working. iYOMAX [>'i.ng.\]: Orpheus with his htte made trees And the mountain tops that freeze Bow themselves...sing. To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung, as0 sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, E\rn the billows...

...marks the King's women (Humphreys). transfer of trust away from Wolsey 2 Leave stop GENTLEWOMAN (sings) Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain tops that freeze Bow themselves when he did sing . 5 To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung, as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring....

...mysteries was considered to be the mythic figure of Orpheus. the human incarnation of Dionysus. who "with his lute. made trees and the mountain tops that freeze. bow themselves when he did play." Dionysus is known as the "mad god." the god who dies and is ever reborn. Patron of music. drama....

...wench, my soul grows sad with troubles; 2 Sing, and disperse 'em if thou canst. Leave working. Song. Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain...when he did sing. To his music plants and flowers 7 Ever sprung, as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Every thing that heard him play,...