Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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Page 6
... song , From old or modern bard , in hall or bower . Bacchus , that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misuséd wine , After the Tuscan mariners transformed , Coasting the Tyrrhene shore , as the winds listed , On ...
... song , From old or modern bard , in hall or bower . Bacchus , that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misuséd wine , After the Tuscan mariners transformed , Coasting the Tyrrhene shore , as the winds listed , On ...
Page 8
... song , Well knows to still the wild winds when they roar , And hush the waving woods ; nor of less faith , And in this office of his mountain watch , Likeliest , and nearest to the present aid Of this occasion . But I hear the tread Of ...
... song , Well knows to still the wild winds when they roar , And hush the waving woods ; nor of less faith , And in this office of his mountain watch , Likeliest , and nearest to the present aid Of this occasion . But I hear the tread Of ...
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... Song . Sweet Echo , sweetest nymph , that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell , 8 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 ...
... Song . Sweet Echo , sweetest nymph , that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell , 8 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 ...
Page 20
... wonder ! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed , Unless the goddess that in rural shrine Dwell'st here with Pan , or Sylvan ; by blest song Forbidding every bleak unkindly fog FRP LADY . Nay , gentle shepherd , ill is 20 COMUS .
... wonder ! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed , Unless the goddess that in rural shrine Dwell'st here with Pan , or Sylvan ; by blest song Forbidding every bleak unkindly fog FRP LADY . Nay , gentle shepherd , ill is 20 COMUS .
Page 66
... the old swain said , she can unlock The clasping charm , and thaw the numbing spell , If she be right invoked in warbled song ; For maidenhood she loves , and will be swift To aid a virgin , such as was herself , 66 COMUS .
... the old swain said , she can unlock The clasping charm , and thaw the numbing spell , If she be right invoked in warbled song ; For maidenhood she loves , and will be swift To aid a virgin , such as was herself , 66 COMUS .
Common terms and phrases
amidst Anchises Ascanius beg me sing beget on youthful bower BREAD STREET brute Carpathian wizard's Charáctered chaste chastity Circe clouted shoon COMUS Corineus Cornwall Dark-veiled Cotytto darked with plumes daughter of Locrine divine philosophy doth drouth drowsy-flighted EARL OF BRIDGEWATER earth cumbered ELDER BROTHER enchanter esteemed Estrildis Faërie Queene false Fancy can beget fear flocks foul gentle give goddess grace Guendolen halloo hast hath Hecat Henry VI herb hidden strength honour Jove knot-grass dew-besprent LADY Listen lord loved mayst Milton mortal Nereus Newton night nymph o'er Paradise Lost Purfled ribs of Death Roving the Celtic Sabrina SECOND BROTHER shades shepherd shrewd meddling elf silver lining sister sits the Assyrian sky robes spun song soul SPIRIT stalk with languished stars stream Strive to keep swain sweet taste tell thee sadly thou thoughts Thrice upon thy thy banks Thyrsis unlocked my lips wand wild winged air darked wont wood