Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
William Shakespeare. 15641616143. Orpheus ? or John Fletcher.
ORPHEUS with his lute made trees | |
And the mountain tops that freeze | |
Bow themselves when he did sing: | |
To his music plants and flowers | |
Ever sprung; as sun and showers | 5 |
There had made a lasting spring. | |
Every thing that heard him play, | |
Even the billows of the sea, | |
Hung their heads and then lay by. | |
In sweet music is such art, | 10 |
Killing care and grief of heart | |
Fall asleep, or hearing, die. |