Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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... night , and there was this motto : - - " Eheu quid volui misero mihi ! floribus austrum Perditus . " In this edition , and in that of Milton's poems in 1645 , there was prefixed to the Mask the following dedication : - To the RIGHT ...
... night , and there was this motto : - - " Eheu quid volui misero mihi ! floribus austrum Perditus . " In this edition , and in that of Milton's poems in 1645 , there was prefixed to the Mask the following dedication : - To the RIGHT ...
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... night to do with sleep ? Night hath better sweets to prove , Venus now wakes , and wakens Love . Come , let us our rites begin ; ' Tis only daylight that makes sin , Which these dun shades will ne'er report . Hail , goddess of nocturnal ...
... night to do with sleep ? Night hath better sweets to prove , Venus now wakes , and wakens Love . Come , let us our rites begin ; ' Tis only daylight that makes sin , Which these dun shades will ne'er report . Hail , goddess of nocturnal ...
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John Milton. Had stole them from me ; else , O thievish Night ! Why shouldst thou , but for some felonious end , In thy dark lanthorn thus close up the stars That Nature hung in heaven , and filled their lamps With everlasting oil , to ...
John Milton. Had stole them from me ; else , O thievish Night ! Why shouldst thou , but for some felonious end , In thy dark lanthorn thus close up the stars That Nature hung in heaven , and filled their lamps With everlasting oil , to ...
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... 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 : I cannot halloo to my brothers , but Such noise as I can make to be heard farthest I'll venture ...
... 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 : I cannot halloo to my brothers , but Such noise as I can make to be heard farthest I'll venture ...
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... night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness 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 ...
... night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness 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 ...
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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