Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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Page 8
... 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 COMUS .
... 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 COMUS .
Page 17
... Faith , white - handed Hope , Thou hovering angel girt with golden wings , And thou , unblemished form of chastity ! I see ye visibly , and now believe That he , the Supreme Good , to whom all things ill Are but as slavish officers of ...
... Faith , white - handed Hope , Thou hovering angel girt with golden wings , And thou , unblemished form of chastity ! I see ye visibly , and now believe That he , the Supreme Good , to whom all things ill Are but as slavish officers of ...
Page 76
... faith , their patience , and their truth , And sent them here through hard assays With a crown of deathless praise , To triumph in victorious dance O'er sensual Folly and Intemperance . [ The dances ended , the SPIRIT epiloguises ...
... faith , their patience , and their truth , And sent them here through hard assays With a crown of deathless praise , To triumph in victorious dance O'er sensual Folly and Intemperance . [ The dances ended , the SPIRIT epiloguises ...
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