ComusClarendon Press, 1888 - 53 pages |
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... Jove's court My mansion is | where those immortal shapes Of bright aërial spirits | live insphered In regions mild | of calm and serene air , Above the smoke and stir | of this dim spot Which men call Earth , | and , with low ...
... Jove's court My mansion is | where those immortal shapes Of bright aërial spirits | live insphered In regions mild | of calm and serene air , Above the smoke and stir | of this dim spot Which men call Earth , | and , with low ...
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... Jove's court My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aërial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air , Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot 5 Which men call Earth , and , with low - thoughted care ...
... Jove's court My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aërial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air , Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot 5 Which men call Earth , and , with low - thoughted care ...
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... Jove , Imperial rule of all the sea - girt isles That , like to rich and various gems , inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep ; Which he , to grace his tributary gods , By course commits to several government , 10 15 20 25 And gives ...
... Jove , Imperial rule of all the sea - girt isles That , like to rich and various gems , inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep ; Which he , to grace his tributary gods , By course commits to several government , 10 15 20 25 And gives ...
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John Milton. 45 But that , by quick command from sovran Jove , I was despatched for their defence and guard : And listen why ; for I will tell you now What never yet was heard in tale or song , From old or modern bard , in hall or bower ...
John Milton. 45 But that , by quick command from sovran Jove , I was despatched for their defence and guard : And listen why ; for I will tell you now What never yet was heard in tale or song , From old or modern bard , in hall or bower ...
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... Jove Chances to pass through this adventurous glade , Swift as the sparkle of a glancing star I shoot from heaven , to give him safe convoy , As now I do . But first I must put off These my sky - robes , spun out of Iris ' woof , And ...
... Jove Chances to pass through this adventurous glade , Swift as the sparkle of a glancing star I shoot from heaven , to give him safe convoy , As now I do . But first I must put off These my sky - robes , spun out of Iris ' woof , And ...
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adjective Aeaea béing bower Brackley brevity charmed chaste chastity Circe clause Comus crew Cupid dance darkness daughter dear dialogue divine drouth Earl of Bridgewater ELDER BROTHER enchanter Estrildis example fair fear five accents fold foul gentle goddess gods golden Gorgon grace halloo hast hath head Heaven doth hold hence Henry Lawes Icel immortal isle Jove julep LADY Latin line has five Listen Locrine Ludlow Castle Masque Masson Melicertes monster morrice mortal nectared Neptune Nereus new-intrusted sceptre night Note nursed in princely nymph order of words poem princely lore Purfled quench the drouth rhyming ribs of Death Sabrina SECOND BROTHER sensual shades shepherd Sirens sister sits soft son of Vulcan song soul sovran Spenser SPIRIT swain sweet sweetened every muskrose syllables Synecdoche thou thought Thyrsis top of Heaven verb verse virgin Virtue wandering weed wood wood-nymphs youth Zeus
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Page 42 - Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 57 - What ! have you let the false enchanter scape ? O ye mistook ; ye should have snatched his wand, And bound him fast. Without his rod reversed, And backward mutters of dissevering power, We cannot free the Lady that sits here In stony fetters fixed and motionless.
Page 48 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distilled perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, 560 And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Page 57 - There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream : Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father Brute. She, guiltless damsel, flying the mad pursuit Of her enraged stepdame Guendolen, Commended her fair innocence to the flood That stayed her flight with his cross-flowing course. The water-nymphs, that in the bottom played, Held up their pearled wrists, and took her in, Bearing her straight...
Page 15 - We, that are of purer fire, Imitate the starry quire, Who, in their nightly watchful spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And, on the tawny sands and shelves, Trip the pert faeries and the dapper elves.
Page 31 - Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, All other parts remaining as they were ; And they, so perfect is their misery, Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, But boast themselves more comely than before ; And all their friends and native home forget, To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.
Page 37 - And in sweet madness robbed it of itself ; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now.
Page 44 - So dear to Heaven is saintly Chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Page 29 - Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care, Confined and pestered in this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful of the crown that Virtue gives, After this mortal change, to her true servants Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats.
Page 32 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream ; And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal 100 Of his chamber in the east. Meanwhile, welcome joy and feast, Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.