Comus a Mask by John Milton |
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Page 8
... with his soft pipe and smooth - dittied song , 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 ...
... with his soft pipe and smooth - dittied song , 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 ...
Page 20
... would take the prisoned soul And lap it in Elysium : Scylla wept , And chid her barking waves into attention , And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause ; Yet they in pleasing slumber lulled the sense , And in sweet madness robbed ...
... would take the prisoned soul And lap it in Elysium : Scylla wept , And chid her barking waves into attention , And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause ; Yet they in pleasing slumber lulled the sense , And in sweet madness robbed ...
Page 46
... 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 distilled perfumes , TRE And stole upon the air , that even Silence 46 COMUS .
... 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 distilled perfumes , TRE And stole upon the air , that even Silence 46 COMUS .
Page 54
soft music , tables spread with all mainties . Comus appears with his rabble , and the LADY set in an enchanted chuir , to whom he offers his glass , which she puts by , and goes about to rise . ] 54 COMUS .
soft music , tables spread with all mainties . Comus appears with his rabble , and the LADY set in an enchanted chuir , to whom he offers his glass , which she puts by , and goes about to rise . ] 54 COMUS .
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Why should you be so cruel to yourself , And to those dainty limbs which Nature lent For gentle usage , and soft delicacy ? But you invert the covenants of her trust , And harshly deal , like an ill borrower , With that which you ...
Why should you be so cruel to yourself , And to those dainty limbs which Nature lent For gentle usage , and soft delicacy ? But you invert the covenants of her trust , And harshly deal , like an ill borrower , With that which you ...
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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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