Key Quotes in Lamia Part Two

Question 1

‘Had Lycius…’

Answer 1

‘Had Lycius liv’d’

Question 2

‘side by side…’

Answer 2

‘side by side they were enthroned’

Question 3

‘deafening the…’

Answer 3

‘deafening the swallow’s twitter, came a thrill of trumpets’

Question 4

‘Lycius started-…’

Answer 4

‘Lycius started- the sounds fled, But left a thought, a buzzing in his head.’

Question 5

‘For the first…’

Answer 5

‘For the first time, since first he harbour’d in that purple-lined palace of sweet sin.’

Question 6

‘His spirit…’

Answer 6

‘His spirit pass’d beyond its golden bourn into the noisy world almost forsworn.’

Question 7

‘he mused beyond…’

Answer 7

‘he mused beyond he, knowing well that but a moment’s thought is passion’s passing bell.’

Question 8

‘My silver…’

Answer 8

‘My silver planet, both of eve and morn!’

Question 9

‘How to entangle…’

Answer 9

‘How to entangle, trammel up and snare your soul in mine, and labyrinth you there like the hid scent in an unbudded rose?’

Question 10

‘prize’, ‘triumph’, ‘majestical’, ‘rejoice’

Question 11

‘the lady’s cheek…’

Answer 11

‘the lady’s cheek trembled’

Question 12

‘she nothing said…’

Answer 12

‘she nothing said, but, pale and meek, arose and knelt before him’

Question 13

‘His passion,…’

Answer 13

‘His passion, cruel grown’

Question 14

‘in one whose brow…’

Answer 14

‘in one whose brow had no dark veins to swell’

Question 15

‘She burnt, she…’

Answer 15

‘she burnt, she lov’d the tyranny, And, all subdued, consented to the hour’

Question 16

‘My presence…’

Answer 16

‘My presence in wide Corinth hardly known: my parents’ bones are in their dusty urns’

Question 17

‘With any pleasure…’

Answer 17

‘with any pleasure on me, do not bid Old Apollonius - from him keep me hid.’

Question 18

‘but this fair…’

Answer 18

‘but this fair unknown had not a friend.’

Question 19

‘(Lycius was…’

Answer 19

‘(Lycius was gone to summon all his kin)’

Question 20

‘she could never…’

Answer 20

‘she could never win his foolish heart from its mad pompousness’

Question 21

‘she set herself…’

Answer 21

‘she set herself, high-thoughted, how to dress the misery in fit magnificence’

Question 22

‘the glowing banquet…’

Answer 22

‘the glowing banquet-room shone with wide-arched grace’

Question 23

‘a haunting…’

Answer 23

‘a haunting music’

Question 24

‘fearful the whole..’

Answer 24

‘fearful the whole charm might fade.’

Question 25

'fresh carved cedar...'

Answer 25

'fresh carved cedar, mimicking a glade'

Question 26

'Lamia, regal drest...'

Answer 26

'Lamia, regal drest, silently paced about'

Question 27

'in pale...'

Answer 27

'in pale contented sort of discontent'

Question 28

'the fretted...'

Answer 28

'the fretted splendour of each nook and niche'

Question 29

'she faded at...'

Answer 29

'she faded at self-will'

Question 30

'ready for the revels rude...'

Answer 30

'ready for the revels rude, when dreadful guests would come to spoil her solitude.'

Question 31

'O senseless Lycius!...'

Answer 31

'O senseless Lycius! Madman!'

Question 32

'the herd...'

Answer 32

'the herd approch'd; each guest, with busy brain'

Question 33

'his young...'

Answer 33

'his young disciple'

Question 34

'Lycius blush'd'

Question 35

'with reconciling words...'

Answer 35

'with reconciling words and courteous mien turning into sweet milk the sophist's spleen'

Question 36

'of wealthy...'

Answer 36

'Of wealthy lustre was the banquet-room'

Question 37

'soft went the...'

Answer 37

'soft went the music the soft air along'

Question 38

'when the happy...'

Answer 38

'when the happy vintage touch'd their brains, louder they talk'

Question 39

'the wine has done...'

Answer 39

'the wine has done its rosy deed, and every soul from human trammels freed'

Question 40

'by her glad Lycius...'

Answer 40

'By her glad Lycius sitting, in chief place, scarce saw in all the room another face'

Question 41

'the bald-head philosopher...'

Answer 41

'the bald-head philosopher had fix'd his eye, without a twinkle or stir full on the alarmed beauty of the bride'

Question 42

'brow-beating her fair...'

Answer 42

'brow-beating her fair form, and troubling her sweet pride'

Question 43

'Lycius then press'd...'

Answer 43

'Lycius then press'd her hand, with devout touch, as pale it lay upon the rosy couch'

Question 44

'Twas icy, and the cold...'

Answer 44

'Twas icy, and the cold ran through his veins;'

Question 45

'Then sudden it grew hot...'

Answer 45

'Then sudden it grew hot, and all the pains of an unnatural heat shot to his heart.'

Question 46

'Poor Lamia'

Question 47

'lovelorn...'

Answer 47

'lovelorn piteous appeal'

Question 48

'More, more he gaz'd...'

Answer 48

'More, more he gaz'd: his human senses reel: some hungry spell that loveliness absorbs: there was no recognition in those orbs'

Question 49

' "Lamia!" he cried...'

Answer 49

' "Lamia!" he cried - and no soft-toned reply'

Question 50

'the stately music...'

Answer 50

'the stately music no more breathes; the myrtle sicken'd in a thousand wreaths.'

Question 51

' "Lamia!" he shriek'd...'

Answer 51

' "Lamia!" he shriek'd; and nothing but the shriek with its sad echo did the silence break'

Question 52

'Lamia, no longer fair...'

Answer 52

'Lamia, no longer fair, there sat a deadly white.'

Question 53

'Shut, shut those juggling...'

Answer 53

'Shut, shut those juggling eyes, thou ruthless man!'

Question 54

'proud-heart sophistries...'

Answer 54

'proud-heart sophistries, unlawful magic, and enticing lies.'

Question 55

' "his demon eyes!...'

Answer 55

' "his demon eyes! Corinthians, see! my sweet bride withers at their potency" '

Question 56

'he sank...'

Answer 56

'he sank supine beside the aching ghost'

Question 57

'Then Lamia breath'd...'

Answer 57

'Then Lamia breath'd death breath; the sophist's eye, like a sharp spear, went through her utterly'

Question 58

'with a frightful...'

Answer 58

'with a frightful scream she vanished: And Lycius' arms were empty of delight, as were his limbs of life, from that same night'

Question 59

'On the high couch he lay!- ...'

Answer 59

'On the high couch he lay!- his friends came round- supported him- no pulse, or breath they found, and, in its marriage robe, the heavy body wound.'

Question 60

‘In it’s marriage…’

Answer 60

‘In it’s marriage robe, the heavy body wound’