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... Wherein thou rid ' st with Hecat , and befriend Us thy vowed priests , till utmost
end Of all thy dues be done , and none left out ; Ere the blabbing eastern scout ,
The nice morn , on the Indian steep From her cabined loophole peep , And to the
...
... Wherein thou rid ' st with Hecat , and befriend Us thy vowed priests , till utmost
end Of all thy dues be done , and none left out ; Ere the blabbing eastern scout ,
The nice morn , on the Indian steep From her cabined loophole peep , And to the
...
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... that breast , And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden
residence : How sweetly do they float upon the wings Of silence , through the
empty vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it
smiled !
... that breast , And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden
residence : How sweetly do they float upon the wings Of silence , through the
empty vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it
smiled !
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... be yet lodged , Or shroud within these limits , I shall know Ere morrow wake , or
the low - roosted lark From her thatched pallet rouse : if otherwise , I can conduct
you , lady , to a low But loyal cottage , where you may be safe Till further quest .
... be yet lodged , Or shroud within these limits , I shall know Ere morrow wake , or
the low - roosted lark From her thatched pallet rouse : if otherwise , I can conduct
you , lady , to a low But loyal cottage , where you may be safe Till further quest .
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... And , in clear dream and solemn vision , Tell her of things that no gross ear can
hear ; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the
outward shape , The unpolluted temple of the mind , 14 And turns it by degrees to
the ...
... And , in clear dream and solemn vision , Tell her of things that no gross ear can
hear ; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the
outward shape , The unpolluted temple of the mind , 14 And turns it by degrees to
the ...
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... To meditate my rural minstrelsy , Till Fancy had her fill ; but , ere a close , The
wonted roar was up amidst the woods , And filled the air with barbarous
dissonance ; At which I ceased , and listened them a while , Till an unusual stop
of sudden ...
... To meditate my rural minstrelsy , Till Fancy had her fill ; but , ere a close , The
wonted roar was up amidst the woods , And filled the air with barbarous
dissonance ; At which I ceased , and listened them a while , Till an unusual stop
of sudden ...
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Page 32 - 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 impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 38 - 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 20 - 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 80 - But now my task is smoothly done, I can fly, or I can run, Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bow'd welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon.
Page 57 - Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits, and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please and sate the curious taste?
Page 46 - Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of kno.t-grass dew-besprent, and were in fold, I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied, and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle, and began, Wrapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till fancy had her fill.
Page 18 - Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night? I did not err: there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.
Page 18 - Sweet echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale Where the love-lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well: Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are? O, if thou have Hid them in some flowery cave, Tell me but where, Sweet Queen of Parley, Daughter of the Sphere! So may'st thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all Heaven's harmonies!
Page 68 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen, for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save. y Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus ; By the earth-shaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
Page 26 - I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots. Their port was more than human, as they stood ; I took it for a fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
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| Title | Comus: A Mask |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | G. Routledge & Company, 1858 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 90 pages |
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