Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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John Milton. COMUS . A MASK , PRESENTED AT LUDLOW CASTLE , 1634 , BEFORE THE EARL OF BRIDGEWATER , THEN PRESIDENT OF WALES . The Persons . THE ATTENDANT SPIRIT , afterwards in the B.
John Milton. COMUS . A MASK , PRESENTED AT LUDLOW CASTLE , 1634 , BEFORE THE EARL OF BRIDGEWATER , THEN PRESIDENT OF WALES . The Persons . THE ATTENDANT SPIRIT , afterwards in the B.
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John Milton. The Persons . THE ATTENDANT SPIRIT , afterwards in the habit of THYRSIS . COMUS , with his crew . THE LADY . FIRST BROTHER . SECOND BROTHER . SABRINA , the Nymph . The Chief Persons who presented were- THE LORD BRACKLY . MR ...
John Milton. The Persons . THE ATTENDANT SPIRIT , afterwards in the habit of THYRSIS . COMUS , with his crew . THE LADY . FIRST BROTHER . SECOND BROTHER . SABRINA , the Nymph . The Chief Persons who presented were- THE LORD BRACKLY . MR ...
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John Milton. COMUS . The first scene discovers a wild wood . The ATTENDANT SPIRIT descends or enters . ] ATTENDANT SPIRIT . BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aërial spirits ...
John Milton. COMUS . The first scene discovers a wild wood . The ATTENDANT SPIRIT descends or enters . ] ATTENDANT SPIRIT . BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aërial spirits ...
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... spirits Prompt me ; and they perhaps are not far off . 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 ...
... spirits Prompt me ; and they perhaps are not far off . 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 ...
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... SPIRIT habited like a Shepherd . ] That halloo I should know ; what are you ? Speak ! Come not too near ; you fall on iron stakes else . SPIRIT . What voice is that ? My young lord ? Speak again . SECOND BROTHER . ELDER BROTHER ...
... SPIRIT habited like a Shepherd . ] That halloo I should know ; what are you ? Speak ! Come not too near ; you fall on iron stakes else . SPIRIT . What voice is that ? My young lord ? Speak again . SECOND BROTHER . ELDER BROTHER ...
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