Both Uses of
allay
in
The Tempest
- If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them.†
Scene 1.2 *
- Sitting on a bank, Weeping again the king my father's wrack, This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion, With its sweet air: thence I have follow'd it,— Or it hath drawn me rather,—but 'tis gone.†
Scene 1.2allaying = reducing the intensity of or calming
Definition:
reduce the intensity of; or calm