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...of tangled thickets mourn. XXI. In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, The Lars and Lemurcs moan with midnight plaint, In urns and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamins at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar power forgoes...

...in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn. In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, The Lares and Lemures moan with midnight plaint ; In urns and...altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamcns at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar power foregoes...

...weeping's. 185. poplar pale, ie the white poplar. xxi. In eonseerated earth, And on the holy hearth, i'"< The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint ; ; In urns and altars round, A drear and dying sound Atfrights the Flamens at their serviee quaint ; And the ehill marble seems to sweat, While eaeh peeuliar...

...sent : With flower-inwoven tresses torn, The Nymphs, in twilight shade of tangled thickets, mourn XXI. In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, The...altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Fiamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes...

...nulla hostia Manes." Prudentii Apotheosis adv. Judaxts. Compare with the last line Bt. xxi. : — " In urns and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint." " Attention is irresistibly awakened and engaged br the air of solemnity and enthusiasm that reigns...

...of tangled thickets mourn. In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, 190 The Lars and Lémures moan with midnight plaint ; In urns, and altars round, A drear and dying sound Peor and Baälim Porsake their temples dim, "With that twice-batter'd god of Palestine ; And mooned...

...happening to look through the open door, saw the sprites at their antics ? Milton it was, read backwards: ' A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint/ Confounded at the apparition, he stopped the service, to tell his terrified congregation what he saw;...

...shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er,...altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the FJamens at their service quaint; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar power forgoes...

...In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint; Inurns and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights...service quaint; . And the chill marble seems to sweat, The marvellous vision had disappeared, the heavenly songs had ceased, and the shepherds, leaning forward...