Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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... tell you now What never yet was heard in tale or song , From old or modern bard , in hall or bower . Bacchus , that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine , After the Tuscan mariners transformed ...
... tell you now What never yet was heard in tale or song , From old or modern bard , in hall or bower . Bacchus , that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine , After the Tuscan mariners transformed ...
Page 12
... 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 . Break off , break off , I 12 COMUS .
... 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 . Break off , break off , I 12 COMUS .
Page 18
... tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are ? Oh ! if thou have Hid them in some flowery cave , Tell me but where , Sweet queen of parley , daughter of the sphere , 18 COMUS .
... tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are ? Oh ! if thou have Hid them in some flowery cave , Tell me but where , Sweet queen of parley , daughter of the sphere , 18 COMUS .
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... tell me it is safe , as bid me hope Danger will wink on opportunity , And 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 ...
... tell me it is safe , as bid me hope Danger will wink on opportunity , And 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 ...
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... Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear ; 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 ...
... Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear ; 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 ...
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