Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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Page 6
... 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 mariners transformed , Coasting the Tyrrhene shore , as the winds listed , On ...
... 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 mariners transformed , Coasting the Tyrrhene shore , as the winds listed , On ...
Page 8
... 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 Of this occasion . But I hear the tread Of ...
... 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 Of this occasion . But I hear the tread Of ...
Page 18
... 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 nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well ...
... 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 nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well ...
Page 20
... certain these rough shades did never breed , Unless the goddess that in rural shrine Dwell'st here with Pan , or Sylvan ; by blest song Forbidding every bleak unkindly fog 20 20 TRP www LADY . Nay , gentle shepherd , ill COMUS .
... certain these rough shades did never breed , Unless the goddess that in rural shrine Dwell'st here with Pan , or Sylvan ; by blest song Forbidding every bleak unkindly fog 20 20 TRP www LADY . Nay , gentle shepherd , ill COMUS .
Page 66
... the old swain said , she can unlock The clasping charm , and thaw the numbing spell , If she be right invoked in warbled song ; For maidenhood she loves , and will be swift To aid a virgin , such as was herself , 66 COMUS .
... the old swain said , she can unlock The clasping charm , and thaw the numbing spell , If she be right invoked in warbled song ; For maidenhood she loves , and will be swift To aid a virgin , such as was herself , 66 COMUS .
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