| 单词 | Melpomene |
| 例句 | Clio was Muse of history, Urania of astronomy, Melpomene of tragedy, Thalia of comedy, Terpsichore of the dance, Calliope of epic poetry, Erato of love-poetry, Polyhymnia of songs to the gods, Euterpe of lyric poetry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The muse Melpomene was represented many times in Roman art and Sotheby’s specimen suffered extensive damage. Auctions: Roman History Leaves a Trail, and Fascination Follows 2011-06-17T11:30:06Z Still, in 2007, the City Council voted unanimously to renovate Melpomene and raze Magnolia and Calliope. A Vanished New Orleans Captured on “Straight from the Projects” 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Downstairs at Studio, Carolee Jakes’s “Invoking Melpomene” is a show of subtle, shimmering woodcuts. Review | In the galleries: From artist Timothy Johnson, a heady exhibition 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The Rhythm City night club and the Washateria, on South Dorgenois, are long gone, as are the Calliope, Melpomene, and Magnolia projects, three hearts that made the Third Ward the epicenter of New Orleans hip-hop. A Vanished New Orleans Captured on “Straight from the Projects” 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Melpomene is the muse of theater, but the most significant inspiration for these prints appears to be the ocean. Review | In the galleries: From artist Timothy Johnson, a heady exhibition 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z One forearm is missing, and the mask held by Melpomene is restored in the lower half. Auctions: Roman History Leaves a Trail, and Fascination Follows 2011-06-17T11:30:06Z After a few more stops to admire various swales and depressions—“There’s a sinkhole over there!”—we arrived at the Melpomene Pumping Station. Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z She grew up in the Melpomene Projects, just blocks from where we are now. “Reform” makes broken New Orleans schools worse: Race, charters, testing and the real story of education after Katrina 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z In those old Greek masks you always see outside theaters, Melpomene is the muse of tragedy wearing a sorrowful down-at-the-mouth mask, while Thalia, the muse of comedy, is always smiling. For Washington pro sports teams, the skies are clearing 2012-04-27T00:13:22Z "One can imagine Melpomene trying to believe she was sorry, and horribly ashamed to find that she was really, in secret, almost glad." Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z This definition, or rather this exposition, otherwise so clear and so elegant, of the demands of our Melpomene, are far from being complete. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z In 1920, New Orleans had six pumping stations, including the Melpomene. Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Her graver sister, Melpomene, who presided over tragedy, wore a crown of gold, and wielded a dagger and a scepter; while Terpsichore, the light-footed Muse of dancing, was represented treading an airy measure. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z But there have been few times in our literary history when the Muses have been so alluring, and Melpomene had her share of devotees. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Secretly, so as not to distress her poor father, whose Agnosticismus was extremely dogmatic, for all its unobtrusiveness, Melpomene became a Roman Catholic. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z It is not the Greek tragedy—although the ancient Melpomene has transmitted to our time its cothurnus, its mise en sc�ne, its triple unity, its heroes themselves, with their terrors and their tears. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z You may trust the modesty of Clio and Melpomene who will certainly treat their own sex with discretion and admit you to the keyhole not a moment before it becomes your disposition of mind. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Crebillon's father was greatly irritated on finding that his son had, as they said then, abandoned Themis for Melpomene. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z By her side stood Melpomene crowning her with laurel. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z And his daughter, Melpomene—she sounded charming, too; and such thick, yellow pig-tails when she was young! Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z There are many varieties such as album, white; Kr�tzeri, white tinged with green down the centre; Melpomene, deep crimson-purple, &c. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Oh, him whom at birth you with favor regarded Melpomene! never an Isthmian game Shall render renowned, though he's skilled as a boxer, Nor shall a swift horse lead him onward to fame. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z Clio must be armed with a poniard as well as Melpomene. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Thereupon, C�cilie appeared as the goddess of Song, a wreath of laurels in her hand; behind her, Thalia and Melpomene, which characters were assumed by two of her friends. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Memories of Elisha and the ravens, of the widow's cruse, of the loaves and fishes, must have floated through the radiant fog in poor Melpomene's mind. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z She was a dusky Melpomene, who openly insulted the furniture, assaulted violently the china, and waged universal war against all inanimate objects. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 Great, though of humble birth, I the first poet To write in Latin rhythms Æolian lyrics, Take pride, Melpomene, in well-earned merits, And crown me willingly with Delphic laurel. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z No, I wouldn't chew pigtail if the favour of the Goddess Melpomene herself depended on it. Eyes Like the Sea He is the chief tragic poet of the revolutionary period, and as Camille Desmoulins expressed it, he decorated Melpomene with the tricolour cockade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" And from the bastion Melpomene looks down and perceives, suddenly and apocalyptically, that everything in the world is sex, sex, sex. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Upon the Eastern circuit, throughout the West, from Pittsburg to the Pacific slope, the susceptible Madeline was first and foremost among those who worshipped at the shrine of this gifted exponent of Melpomene. The Truth About America There were also in the harbour two French frigates, the Melpomene and the Mignonne. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson "Rodd, sir—of the Melpomene—and there's another inside—" I began. Merry-Garden and Other Stories On the third of September, 1813, we sailed from Halifax in company with the Melpomene, a man of war transport, armed en flute. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. It's easy to reconstruct the rest of the conversation down to the inevitable, 'For God's sake, shut up,' with which Kuno put an end to Melpomene's dismayed moralising. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z “Hulloa, sir, how is this, and where have you come from?” said I. “From the Melpomene,” replied he, “the frigate you see off the Havannah.” A Sailor of King George The Melpomene frigate was attacked by several in the night of the 23rd, and had four men killed besides about twenty wounded. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II The Melpomene's gun-room was low—so low that Strangways seldom entered it but he contused himself—and it was also dark as the inside of a hat, and undeniably stuffy. Merry-Garden and Other Stories But who could imagine that a society of young people, who attended to decorum in the midst of their amusements, would have excited the jealousy and complaint of the great disciples of Melpomene. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 Well, Melpomene grew up, very plump and appetising. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Accept I pray, Melpomene, my modest meed of praise, And crown my thinning, graying locks with wreaths of Delphic bays! Something Else Again The Implacable and Melpomene had, previously to this, nearly captured a large Russian frigate off H�gland; but she escaped to Asp�, and, with four other ships of war, proceeded between the rocks to Frederickshamn. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II We were to be called for at the Blue Posts, and a boat would fetch us off to the Melpomene frigate. Merry-Garden and Other Stories The first one, Calliope, stands for narrative poetry; No. 2, Clio, is history; No. 3, Erato, is love-poetry; No. 4, Melpomene, is tragedy; No. 5, Terpsichore, is dance and song. The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures Her voice suppress’d, and Garrick’s genius fled, Melpomene declined her drooping head; She mourn’d their loss, then fled to western skies, And saw at Bath another genius rise. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 This extraordinary phenomenon of tragic excellence! this star of Melpomene! English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. Yours are these children of Melpomene and for you do they live, play, and sing! The Comedienne Melpomene, who from his cradle marked him for her own, can still shed on him if she will the power to charm, can inspire in him "music of the swan." Horace Melpomene, which was not put down on the published chart as a star to be looked for. The Story of Eclipses The "Melpomene" overture is a work of such inspiration and such scholarship that it must surely find a long youth in the chronicle of our music. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Moan hither, all ye syllables of woe, From the deep throat of sad Melpomene! Keats: Poems Published in 1820 He thought of translating Lucan, but Melpomene appeared to warn him against so ambitious an enterprise, and admitting his unfitness for the task, he applied himself instead to this translation "out of sundry Italians." Early Theories of Translation Put glory on, My own Melpomene, by genius won, And crown me of thy grace with Delphic bay. Horace She must have been Melpomene always; Nature never. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida The "Melpomene" is a work of infinitely more specific gravity. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Brandish not thy dagger, Melpomene, at this profanation! Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 When I was quarter-master on board of the Melpomene, we had an old chap for first lieutenant whose name was Fletcher. Poor Jack Do you remember when you swam away from the frigate at Spithead, to pay a visit to your friend, Mrs Melpomene, at Point?” Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer Lord Curryfin felt satisfied that in that aspect he had somewhere seen something like her, and after revolving a series of recollections, he remembered that it was a statue of Melpomene. Gryll Grange However, we used to call her the Melpomene of the Spring last season, as we called Lady Binks—who was not then Lady Binks—our Euphrosyne—did we not, my dear?” St. Ronan's Well Afterwards came a few of the Muses, Thalia, Melpomene, and Terpsichore, famous for a charade or a proverb. Ixion In Heaven Nicander supposes their mother to have been Melpomene: others make her Calliope. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) She is tall, lank and lean and lackadaisical, dressed in the deepest black, with rather a battered black gauze hat and the air of a regular Melpomene. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. On the other hand, he could not divest himself of the idea that Melpomene was in love with him. Gryll Grange There was, for instance, a muse of tragedy, called Melpomene, a muse of the dance, Terpsichore, and so on through the nine arts. Sir Joshua Reynolds A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation The medallion of Pierre Corneille is sculptured on the entablature which is supported by these columns, and on each side of the medallion, we perceive Melpomene with a dagger, and Thalia with a mask. Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers Of late she is so grave, that one might almost mistake her for her sister Melpomene. Dialogues of the Dead Gracious Melpomene, O hear me now, And with the Delphic bay gird round my brow. Horace and His Influence But supposing it were a negative, what certainty had he that a negative from Morgana would not be followed by a negative from Melpomene? Gryll Grange But this is certain, since our Shakspeare's days, There's pomp enough, if little else, in plays; Nor will Melpomene ascend her throne Without high heels, white plume, and Bristol stone. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals When I get to land, I will try what is to be done, and, if I founder, there be plenty of mine elders and betters to console Melpomene. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals There," exclaimed the culinary Melpomene, "there, Sotheby, I am so happy! Records of a Girlhood At birth Melpomene marked him for her own. Horace and His Influence I murmured, loud enough to be heard by all my neighbors,—"Of a truth, the Country's Muse is not Melpomene!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Thus, it is no wonder that she moved through the splendor of her first London season, a beautiful, pale, grave Melpomene. The Lost Lady of Lone Melpomene presided at this union, while Thalia blessed the nuptials of Goldoni. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Thus we have a tragedy after the manner of those lively productions that flourished in the time of Garrick; when Young, Murphy, and Francklin were Melpomene’s head-cooks. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, They seem to think that the sole aim of art should be to amuse, and had they been consulted on the subject would have banished Melpomene from Parnassus. Reviews When I was quartermaster on board of the 'Melpomene,' we had an old chap for first lieutenant whose name was Fletcher. Poor Jack Melpomene, assume that pride which your merits have acquired, and willingly crown my hair with the Delphic laurel. The Works of Horace They are works of the purest imagination, wholly free from the laws of this world; while the tragedies of Fletcher have a melodramatic air equally at variance with the classical Melpomene. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Assume, revered Melpomene, the proud estate I've won, And, with thine own dear hand the meed supplying, Bind thou about the forehead of thy celebrated son The Delphic laurel-wreath of fame undying! Echoes from the Sabine Farm The fine invocation in Isabella— Moan hither, all ye syllables of woe, From the deep throat of sad Melpomene! Reviews The latter made no answer; he was a ragged retainer of Melpomene, and he awaited the coming forth of Sir Mortimer Ferne, a notable encourager of all who would scale Parnassus. Sir Mortimer O Melpomene, on whom your father has bestowed a clear voice and the harp, teach me the mournful strains. The Works of Horace To which they would reply no doubt: "It is quite possible that it might entertain or interest you, but that isn't the question; we are the guardians of the dignity of the French Melpomene." Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations She is less happy in a set lament, beginning: Melpomene, the Muse of tragic songs, in which we may perhaps catch a distant echo of Spenser's: Melpomene, the mournfull'st Muse of nine. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England The secrets of Melpomene are known to Miss Terry as well as the secrets of Thalia. Reviews Seneca endeavours to make her speak; but the gaudy show, with which he rather loads than adorns her, makes us think, that he took some phantom of Melpomene for the Muse herself. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Thalia has ceased to be a wanton; she is fast becoming quite a respectable young woman, and as to Melpomene—well, that severe Muse is actually waxing religious. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield This Melpomene, as she is called, would shudder at the thought of touching a chronicle. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Meantime, you translate Myrrha into French verse; then I introduce you with your manuscript into the sanctuary of Melpomene, when you bring with you a double gift—fame and love! The Aspirations of Jean Servien Better to wear mask and buskin than to mar by any modernity of expression the calm majesty of Melpomene. Reviews But it is vain to ask questions of Melpomene; she is obstinately silent, and we only know, from strangers, her power amongst the Romans. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces "His face is like the tragic mask of Melpomene," said Sue. Jude the Obscure His talk, indeed, was one long invocation; and the little white-haired lady in the armchair was doing her best to play Melpomene. Sir George Tressady — Volume I Assume, revered Melpomene, the proud estate I've won, And, with thine own dear hand the meed supplying, Bind thou about the forehead of thy celebrated son The Delphic laurel-wreath of fame undying! A Little Book of Western Verse He constituted himself the champion of the bourgeoisie before the tribunal of Melpomene, but not before the conscience of mankind. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Next follow the daughters of Melpomene, or those heroines who make the most conspicuous figure in Tragedy. Paris as It Was and as It Is I sometimes think that Thalia was the daughter, and not the sister, of Melpomene. A Study of Hawthorne Is Melpomene's name in three syllables or four? The Virginians Then grant, Melpomene, thy son Thy guerdon proud to wear, And Delphic laurels, duly won. Horace It was to come 'like a departed spirit and purify the desecrated stage into a worthy seat of the ancient Melpomene'. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller The newspaper-writers transformed her into Melpomene, yet so rapid was her decline, that presently she was scarcely more than a waiting woman to Thalia. Paris as It Was and as It Is In the midst of these childish sallies, he meditated greater things; and the sound of the pestle and mortar did not prevent him from attending to the inspirations of Melpomene. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives "Melpomene shall be his godmother, and he shall have the witches' caldron in Macbeth for a christening font." The Virginians Wax will not avail you: her song will penetrate through all; for therein is every grace that Terpsichore, Melpomene, Calliope herself, could inspire. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 "But do ye also exhibit the graceful dance of Thalia, Joined to the solemn step with which Melpomene moves?" The Poems of Schiller — Third period The observation with which I concluded my last letter, might explain why the votaries of Thalia gain so little augmentation to their number; while those of Melpomene are daily increasing. Paris as It Was and as It Is She is tall, lank, lean, and lackadaisical, dressed in the deepest black, with a battered black gauze hat, and the air of a regular Melpomene. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Ah!" he said with enthusiasm, "this seems to be a poem in earnest, breathing the real afflatus, written with the pen of Melpomene! The Old Stone House Begin the mournful stave, Melpomene, to whom the Sire of all Sweet voice with music gave. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace The real Melpomene is still sincere, Naught as a fable merely she supplies— By truth profound to charm us is her care; The false one, truth pretends, but to ensnare. The Poems of Schiller — Third period Melpomene, when bidden to be gay, Like matron dancing on a festal day, Deals not in idle banter, nor consorts Without reserve with Satyrs and their sports. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry She is a Venus, a Vesta, a Melpomene: come hither, Penelope; what's thy name, Iris? The Poetaster In Germany, Melpomene has untutored admirers, some walking on stilts, others crawling in the mire, from the altars of the goddess. Old Fritz and the New Era Put glory on, My own Melpomene, by genius won, And crown me of thy grace with Delphic bay. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace Thy gifts, ah! how shall he requite - The man thou lov'st, Melpomene? Ballads in Blue China This the two other Muses, Terpsichore and Melpomene, so moderate, that the one may only tickle and not charm, the other only please and not bewitch. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies And, for a lighter pastime, it shall be a duty and a pleasing sport to wander with Momus beneath the tropic stars where Melpomene once stalked austere. Cabbages and Kings Some Melpomene woo, some hold Clio the nearest; You, sweet Comedy—you were ever sweetest and dearest! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 But when the Philistine would disport himself, the grimness of Melpomene, herself, attends upon his capers. Strictly business: more stories of the four million To the silent Melpomene, who can express all things with her looks! Thais Melpomene's worked on material that was eternally interesting—the souls of men and women; and not from without, either; but rather casting themselves into those souls and showing to us the essence of them. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story And then, with a sweep of his white, unringed hands, he dismissed Melpomene, and forthwith Diana and Amaryllis footed it before the mind's eyes of the clubmen. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million If Charlotte cares for plays, let me know, and I will write in more detail about this new Melpomene. Life of John Sterling |
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