| 单词 | to meditate the muse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto meditate the Muse b. transitive. to meditate the Muse [after classical Latin mūsam meditārī to work over a song or poem in performance (Virgil Eclogues 1. 2)] : to occupy oneself in song or poetry. ΚΠ 1620 J. Brinsley tr. Virgil Eclogues vi. 58/2 Now will I meditate a fielden Muse (viz. a pastorall song) with my slender reed. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 22 in Justa Edouardo King What boots it..To tend the homely slighted shepherds trade, And strictly meditate the thanklesse Muse? 1820 J. W. Eastburn & R. C. Sands Yamoyden Proem p. xi He who loved with thee his notes to try, But for thy sake, such idlesse would deplore,—And swears to meditate the thankless muse no more. 1891 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 151 They walked a little distance together, and then Mr. Thackeray confessed that he was meditating the Muse, and my friend left him. 1940 Mod. Lang. Notes 55 572 As for dialogue the Shakespearean medium is also poetry;..and though flesh-and-blood lovers may meditate the muse they do it painfully. < as lemmas |
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