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I deem it best that we bathe and put on fresh garments, and let the servants do the same. "And let the minstrel bring his lyre and strike up such music as prompts the dance, so that those living near us may report that a wedding is being celebrated. Then we may safely venture forth and see what is to be done." Thus spoke the monarch, and his commands were gladly obeyed.
As the poet says: "Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid, Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre."
He released her hands as he spoke, and clasped his own over his face. Both were long silent. Alcman had for some moments watched the lovers with deep interest, and had caught into his listening ears the purport of their words. He now raised his lyre, and swept his hand over the chords. The touch was that of a master, and the musical sounds produced their effect on all.
At his suggestion she then assumed a variety of attitudes; she stood as Hebe, offering nectar to the gods as Nausicae, listening to the tale of Odysseus and as Sappho, singing to her lyre.
XXXI. In love, putting aside all consideration of the soul, the heart of a woman is like a lyre which does not reveal its secret, excepting to him who is a skillful player. XXXII. Independently of any gesture of repulsion, there exists in the soul of all women a sentiment which tends, sooner or later, to proscribe all pleasure devoid of passionate feeling.
On some days there was more shell-fire, on some less; on some there was sniping, on some none; on some they sent a little feeler of cavalry and guns out of the town, on most they lay still such were the ups and downs of life in Ladysmith. The inevitable siege paper, 'The Ladysmith Lyre, appeared, and did something to relieve the monotony by the exasperation of its jokes.
To celebrate gods, and the sons of gods, and the victorious wrestler, and the steed foremost in the race, and the inclination of youths, and the free joys of wine, the muse has alotted to the lyre. Why, out of false modesty, do I prefer being ignorant to being learned?
The picture-gallery contains many works of the great masters, as does also the gallery of vases and candelabra. The Biga chamber. The biga is an antique carriage of white marble, drawn by two horses. In the gallery of statues the figure representing Nero as Apollo playing on the lyre is the finest. In the gallery of busts those of Menelaus and Jupiter pre-eminently attract attention.
Come to my aid, Muses love-laden, lyrical: Come to my aid, Comic, Tragic, Satirical. Come and breathe into me Strains such as swept from Keats' heaven-strung lyre, Strains such as Shelley's, which never can tire. Come then, and sing to me, Sing me an ode such as Byron would sing, Passionate, love-stirring, quick to begin. Why come you not to me?
A little lyre lay beside him in the grass, and now and again he twanged on it dolorously, and he tried to weave himself garlands from the flowers that grew around him; but he knew not the art, and ever and anon he felt for his button-hole, wherein to stick a lily or the like. But he had no button-hole.
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