Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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Page 28
... less secure , I cannot be , that I should fear to change it . Eye me , blest Providence , and square my trial To my proportioned strength ! Shepherd , lead on . ELDER BROTHER . Unmuffle , ye faint stars ; and 28 COMUS .
... less secure , I cannot be , that I should fear to change it . Eye me , blest Providence , and square my trial To my proportioned strength ! Shepherd , lead on . ELDER BROTHER . Unmuffle , ye faint stars ; and 28 COMUS .
Page 31
... fears . What if in wild amazement and affright ? Or , while we speak , within the direful grasp Of savage Hunger , or of savage Heat ? ELDER BROTHER . Peace , brother ! be not over - exquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils ...
... fears . What if in wild amazement and affright ? Or , while we speak , within the direful grasp Of savage Hunger , or of savage Heat ? ELDER BROTHER . Peace , brother ! be not over - exquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils ...
Page 32
... fear , How bitter is such self - delusion ! I do not think my sister so to seek , Or so unprincipled in Virtue's book , And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever , As that the single want of light and noise ( Not being in danger ...
... fear , How bitter is such self - delusion ! I do not think my sister so to seek , Or so unprincipled in Virtue's book , And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever , As that the single want of light and noise ( Not being in danger ...
Page 34
... let a single helpless maiden pass Uninjured in this wild surrounding waste . Of night , or loneliness , it recks me not ; I fear the dread events that dog them both , Lest some ill - greeting touch attempt the person Of 34 COMUS .
... let a single helpless maiden pass Uninjured in this wild surrounding waste . Of night , or loneliness , it recks me not ; I fear the dread events that dog them both , Lest some ill - greeting touch attempt the person Of 34 COMUS .
Page 35
... fear Does arbitrate the event , my nature is That I incline to hope rather than fear , And gladly banish squint suspicion . My sister is not so defenceless left As you imagine : she has a hidden strength Which you remember not . SECOND ...
... fear Does arbitrate the event , my nature is That I incline to hope rather than fear , And gladly banish squint suspicion . My sister is not so defenceless left As you imagine : she has a hidden strength Which you remember not . SECOND ...
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