Orpheus.

Vates & viduus, sed viva coniuge, supplet
Lecti delitias increpitante lyra:
Mellitos cantus animalia suasa sequuntur;
Aurem dic montes, dic habuisse nemus.

De doodt scheydt de Liefde niet.

Wanneer dat haer oprecht twee harten eens verbinden,
Zo achté zy noch vreught, noch quelling, noch verdriet:
Zy liepen inde Hel, indien daer waer te vinden
De Liefste; want de doot scheyt waare Liefde niet.

La mort n'estaint l'Amour.

Quand dans le cœur constant le vray amour se fonde
Il ny a rien qui peut l'en desenraciner;
La dure froide Mort ne le peut effacer,
De son lieu tant aymé, bien qu'il quite ce monde:
Orphee en est tesmoing selon l'ancien discours,
Qui jusques aux enfers poursuivit ses amours.

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Orpheus.

Prophet and widower, but with his wife alive, he adds to the
Delights of the bed with the sounds of his lyre.
Animals are persuaded and follow his honeyed songs.
One might might have said the mountains, the woods had developed ears.

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Orpheus playing the lyre: trees and rocks move, beasts and birds are enchanted

beasts of prey, predatory animals: fox (+ sitting animal) [25F23(FOX)(+535)]
beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ lying animal) [25F23(LION)(+536)]
hoofed animals: deer [25F24(DEER)]
hoofed animals: giraffe [25F24(GIRAFFE)]
trunked animals: elephant [25F25(ELEPHANT)]
ornamental birds: peacock [25F35(PEACOCK)]
walker and runner birds: ostrich [25F38(OSTRICH)]
tortoises, turtles [25F44]
forest, wood [25H15]
sitting on an elevation [31A2352]
hearing, listening (one of the five senses) [31A32]
dog (+ lying animal) [34B11(+9536)]
cat [34B12]
horse [46C13141]
ass, donkey [46C13142]
bovine cattle [47I211]
sheep (+ lying animal) [47I213(+9536)]
goat (+ lying animal) [47I214(+9536)]
violin, fiddle [48C7311]
one person playing string instrument (bowed) [48C7521]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(ORPHEUS)]
Orpheus playing the lyre: trees and rocks move, beasts and birds are enchanted [94O511]

Orpheus [27]

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