 Is now the labour of my thoughts ; 'tis likeliest They had engaged their wandering steps too far ; And envious darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me : else, O thievish night, Why shouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark...  Comus: A Mask - Page 37by John Milton - 1808 - 89 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...nature hung in Heav'n, and fill'd their lamps With everlafting oil, to give due light To the mifled and lonely traveller? 200 This is the place, as well as I may guefs, Whence even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife, and perfecl in my lift'ning ear, Yet nought... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...nature hung in Heav'n, and fill'd their lamps W r ith everlafting oil, to give due light To the mifled and lonely traveller? 200 This is the place, as well as I may guefs, Whence even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife, and perfecl in my liu'ning ear, Yet nought... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...nature hung in heav'n, and fill'd their lamps With everlafting oil, to give due light To the mifled and lonely traveller ? 200 This is the place, as well as I may guefs, Whence even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife, and perfect in my lift'ning ear, and popery... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...envious darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me; else O thievish Night 195 \Vliy wouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars, That Nature hung in Heav'n, and lill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...too far; And envious Darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me: else, O thievish Night, Why shouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In...lantern thus close up the stars That Nature hung in heav'n, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...frionious tA In thy dark ianti .orn thus close up the Stan, That niture hung in heav'n^uidnirdtheirl^p With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller? IfdtetThe ttiniit Gcxt susp-cted him, and took The hind aside, and thus in whispers spoke: Disco /tr... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...envious darkness, ere they could return, Mad stole them from me ; else O thievish Night AVhy would»t thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars, That Nature hung in Heav'n, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller?... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 496 pages
...inferior kinds. Many painters, who could never hit a nose or an eye, have with felicity O thievish night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In...heaven, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil? &c. Pope is in general very prone in this respect j indeed, such is th% present taste and good sense,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 386 pages
...'i'o feed for aye her lamp, and flames of lore." JUalonc. Thus also, Milton, in his Coonis, v. 197 : " the stars " That nature hung in heaven, and fill'd their lamps " With everlasting oil ." The propriety of the emendation suggested by Mr. Malone, will be increased, if we recur to our author's... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me: else, O thievish Night, Why should'st them, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus...give due light To the misled and lonely traveller ? This is the place, as well as I may guess, Whence even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife, and... | |
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