Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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... sweet lord , to be the honour of your name , and receive this as your own , from the hands of him who hath by many favours been long obliged to your most honoured parents , and as in this representation your attendant Thyrsis , so now ...
... sweet lord , to be the honour of your name , and receive this as your own , from the hands of him who hath by many favours been long obliged to your most honoured parents , and as in this representation your attendant Thyrsis , so now ...
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... sweet poison of misused wine , After the Tuscan mariners transformed , Coasting the Tyrrhene shore , as the winds listed , On Circe's island fell ( who knows not Circe , The daughter of the sun , whose charméd cup Whoever tasted lost ...
... sweet poison of misused wine , After the Tuscan mariners transformed , Coasting the Tyrrhene shore , as the winds listed , On Circe's island fell ( who knows not Circe , The daughter of the sun , whose charméd cup Whoever tasted lost ...
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... sweets to prove , Venus now wakes , and wakens Love . Come , let us our rites begin ; ' Tis only daylight that makes sin , Which these dun shades will ne'er report . Hail , goddess of nocturnal sport , Dark - veiled Cotytto ! 7 to whom ...
... sweets to prove , Venus now wakes , and wakens Love . Come , let us our rites begin ; ' Tis only daylight that makes sin , Which these dun shades will ne'er report . Hail , goddess of nocturnal sport , Dark - veiled Cotytto ! 7 to whom ...
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... 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 ; Canst ...
... 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 ; Canst ...
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John Milton. Sweet queen of parley , daughter of the sphere , So mayst thou be translated to the skies , And give resounding grace to all Heaven's harmonies . COMUS . Can any Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something ...
John Milton. Sweet queen of parley , daughter of the sphere , So mayst thou be translated to the skies , And give resounding grace to all Heaven's harmonies . COMUS . Can any Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something ...
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