Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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... 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 tell - tale sun descry Our concealed solemnity . The Measure ...
... 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 tell - tale sun descry Our concealed solemnity . The Measure ...
Page 20
... till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three , Amidst the flowery - kirtled Naiades Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs , Who , as they sung , would take the prisoned soul And lap it in Elysium ...
... till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three , Amidst the flowery - kirtled Naiades Culling their potent herbs and baleful drugs , Who , as they sung , would take the prisoned soul And lap it in Elysium ...
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... Till further quest . LADY . Shepherd , I take thy word , And trust thy honest - offered courtesy , Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds With smoky rafters , than in tap'stry halls And courts of princes , where it first was named ...
... Till further quest . LADY . Shepherd , I take thy word , And trust thy honest - offered courtesy , Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds With smoky rafters , than in tap'stry halls And courts of princes , where it first was named ...
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... 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 soul's essence , 15 Till all be made immortal ; but when lust , By unchaste ...
... 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 soul's essence , 15 Till all be made immortal ; but when lust , By unchaste ...
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... 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 silence Gave respite ...
... 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 silence Gave respite ...
Common terms and phrases
amidst Anchises Ascanius beg me sing beget on youthful bower brute Carpathian wizard's Charáctered chaste chastity clouted shoon COMUS Corineus Cornwall crown that Virtue dead Parthenope's divine philosophy doth drouth drowsy-flighted EARL OF BRIDGEWATER earth cumbered ELDER BROTHER enchanter esteemed Estrildis Faerie Queene fair Ligea's false Fancy can beget fear flocks foul gentle give goddess grace Guendolen halloo hast hath head be crowned Hecat Henry VI herb hidden strength honour Jove knot-grass LADY Listen lord loved mayst Milton mortal Nereus night nymph o'er Paradise Lost ribs of Death Roving the Celtic Sabrina Scylla SECOND BROTHER shades shepherd shrewd meddling elf silver lining sister sits the Assyrian sky robes spun soft and solemn-breathing solemn-breathing sound song soul spell SPIRIT stalk with languished stars stream Strive to keep swain sweet taste tell thee thou thought Thrice upon thy thy banks Thyrsis unlocked my lips wand wild winged air darked wood