...Gray's strenuous description the stream of music in the opening stroph of ' The Progress of Poesy ' :— Headlong, impetuous, see it pour ; The rocks and nodding groves rebellow to the roa Young, whose miscellaneous poems are curious storehouse of references as well a rimes, frequently...

...passages of splendid excellence. Sound never answered to sense more completely than in these lines : " Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic,...steep amain, Headlong, impetuous, see it pour, The vales and nodding groves re-bellow to the roar." His ode, " the Bard," has passages of • Literally,...

...mazy progress take : The laughing flowers that round them blow Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic,...strong, Through verdant vales, and Ceres' golden reign : Headlong impetuous, see it pour : The rocks, and nodding groves, rebellow to the roar. Woods that...

...III. xxix. 32. Thro' verdant vales, and Ceres' golden reign : Now rolling down the steep amain, 10 Headlong, impetuous, see it pour ; The rocks and nodding groves rebellow to the roar. i. 2. Oh ! Sov'reign of the willing soul, Parent of sweet and solemn-breathing airs, Enchanting shell...

...on Literary Resemblance, p. 16, supposes that Gray had Horace in his mind. Od. III. xxix. 32. Thro' verdant vales, and Ceres' golden reign : Now rolling down the steep amain, 10 Headlong, impetuous, see it pour ; The rocks and nodding groves rebellow to the roar. i. 2. Oh !...

...progress take : The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along Deep, majestic,...The rocks, and nodding groves, rebellow to the roar. 1.2. fOh! Sov'reign of the willing soul, Parent of sweet and solemn breathing airs, Enchanting shell...

...mazy progress take; The laughing flowers that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic,...rocks , and nodding groves , rebellow to the roar. Oh ! sovereign of the willing soul, Parent of sweet and solemn-breathing airs, Enchanting shell! the...

...after Milton's time. The laughing flowers that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic,...impetuous, see it pour : The rocks, and nodding groves, re-hellow to the roar. O sovereign of the willing soul, Parent of sweet and solemn-hreathing airs,...

...mazy progress take ; The laughing flowers that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, Through verdant vales, and Ceres'2 golden reign : Now rolling down the steep amain, Headlong, impetuous, see it pour : The rocks...

...thunder." " They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow Through Eden took their solitary way." " Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong" " From peak to peak the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder !" Q. Who have been most distinguished...