Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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Page 6
... listen why ; for I will 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 ...
... listen why ; for I will 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 ...
Page 17
... listening ear ; Yet nought but single darkness do I find . What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory , Of calling shapes , and beckoning shadows dire , And airy tongues , that syllable men's names On sands ...
... listening ear ; Yet nought but single darkness do I find . What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory , Of calling shapes , and beckoning shadows dire , And airy tongues , that syllable men's names On sands ...
Page 46
... listened them a while , Till an unusual stop of sudden silence Gave respite to the drowsy - flighted 22 steeds That draw the litter of close - curtained sleep ; At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound 23 Rose like a steam of rich ...
... listened them a while , Till an unusual stop of sudden silence Gave respite to the drowsy - flighted 22 steeds That draw the litter of close - curtained sleep ; At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound 23 Rose like a steam of rich ...
Page 67
John Milton. To aid a virgin , such as was herself , In hard - besetting need : this will I try , And add the power of some adjuring verse . Song . Sabrina fair , Listen where thou art sitting. 67.
John Milton. To aid a virgin , such as was herself , In hard - besetting need : this will I try , And add the power of some adjuring verse . Song . Sabrina fair , Listen where thou art sitting. 67.
Page 68
... Listen for dear honour's sake , Goddess of the silver lake , Listen , and save . Listen , and appear to us , In name of great Oceanus ; By the earth - shaking Neptune's mace , And Tethys ' grave majestic pace , By hoary Nereus ...
... Listen for dear honour's sake , Goddess of the silver lake , Listen , and save . Listen , and appear to us , In name of great Oceanus ; By the earth - shaking Neptune's mace , And Tethys ' grave majestic pace , By hoary Nereus ...
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