"Choragus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... (1759) was a dramatic poem on the Greek model, with a chorus of British bards, and a principal Druid for choragus. The scene is the sacred grove in Mona. Mason got up with much care the description of druidic rites, such as the preparation of the adder-stone and the cutting of the mistletoe with a gold sickle, from Latin authorities ...
— A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century • Henry A. Beers
... hidden mourner; but no fear Hath she for sound so true, though near; Nay, but sings out her elegy, Which, like an echo, answers he. Again she sings; he suits her mood, Nor breaks upon her solitude: So she, choragus, calls the tune, And as she leads he follows soon. As bird with bird vies in the brake, She sings no note he will not take— As when she pleads, "Ah, my lost love, The night is dark thou art not of," Quick cometh answering the phrase, "O love, ...
— Helen Redeemed and Other Poems • Maurice Hewlett |
