...Whose power hath a true consent With planet or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes or Pelops'...what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the huskin'd stage. But O, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musseus from his bower! Or bid the soul...

...power hath a true consent With planet, or with element. Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops'...stage. But, O! sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musceus from his bower ; Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Much notes as, warbled to the string, Drew...

...power hath a true consent With planet, or with element. Sometime, let gorgeous tragedy In scepter'd pall, come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops'...Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But O, sad virgin, thai thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing, Such notes as warbled...

...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...

...of Hermes, Plato, and the great tragedians, while his mind longs to behold Orpheus in vital action: But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew Iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell...

...the figure of "Gorgeous Tragedy" had been able to represent tragic poets by presenting their plays: But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew Iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell...

...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...

...written sacred poems and oracles. Milton couples his name with that of Orpheus in his // Penseroso: But O, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell...

...theatre whereas II Penseroso prefers classical drama: "Sometime let Gorgeous Tragedy / In scepter'd Pall come sweeping by, / Presenting 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...