Comus a Mask by John Milton |
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Page 12
Hail , goddess of nocturnal sport , Dark - veiled Cotytto ! ? to whom the secret flame Of midnight torches burns ; mysterious dame , That ne'er art called , but when the dragon womb Of Stygian darkness spets her thickest gloom ...
Hail , goddess of nocturnal sport , Dark - veiled Cotytto ! ? to whom the secret flame Of midnight torches burns ; mysterious dame , That ne'er art called , but when the dragon womb Of Stygian darkness spets her thickest gloom ...
Page 52
... And yet more med'cinal is it than that moly That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave ; He called it hæmony , and gave it me , And bade me keep it as of sovran use ' Gainst all enchantments , mildew , blast , or damp , Or ghastly furies ...
... And yet more med'cinal is it than that moly That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave ; He called it hæmony , and gave it me , And bade me keep it as of sovran use ' Gainst all enchantments , mildew , blast , or damp , Or ghastly furies ...
Page 87
And yet more med ' cinal is it than that moly . See Pope's Homer's Odyssey , x . 361 sq . Pliny , Nat . Hist . xxiv . 4 , speaks of it highly ; but its nature and properties are unknown . Thyer thinks it was the herb called spleenwort .
And yet more med ' cinal is it than that moly . See Pope's Homer's Odyssey , x . 361 sq . Pliny , Nat . Hist . xxiv . 4 , speaks of it highly ; but its nature and properties are unknown . Thyer thinks it was the herb called spleenwort .
Page 89
... be thenceforth called after the damsel's name , which by length of time is now called Sabrina or Severn . This is the account given by Milton himself in the first book of his History of England ; but he here takes some liberties ...
... be thenceforth called after the damsel's name , which by length of time is now called Sabrina or Severn . This is the account given by Milton himself in the first book of his History of England ; but he here takes some liberties ...
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| Title | Comus a Mask by John Milton |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | G. Routledge, 1858 |
| Original from | National Central Library of Florence |
| Digitized | 6 May 2015 |
| Length | 90 pages |
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