Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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Page 40
... comes well ; if not , Defence is a good cause , and Heaven be for us . [ The ATTENDANT SPIRIT habited like a Shepherd . ] That halloo I should know ; what are you ? Speak ! Come not too near ; you fall on iron stakes else . SPIRIT ...
... comes well ; if not , Defence is a good cause , and Heaven be for us . [ The ATTENDANT SPIRIT habited like a Shepherd . ] That halloo I should know ; what are you ? Speak ! Come not too near ; you fall on iron stakes else . SPIRIT ...
Page 50
... come , let's on . Against the opposing will and arm of Heaven May never this just sword be lifted up ! But for that damned magician , let him be girt With all the grisly legions that troop Under the sooty flag of Acheron , Harpies and ...
... come , let's on . Against the opposing will and arm of Heaven May never this just sword be lifted up ! But for that damned magician , let him be girt With all the grisly legions that troop Under the sooty flag of Acheron , Harpies and ...
Page 58
... inured to light , and come at last To gaze upon the sun with shameless brows . List , lady , be not coy , and be not cozened With that same vaunted name , virginity . Beauty is Nature's coin , must not be hoarded , 58 COMUS .
... inured to light , and come at last To gaze upon the sun with shameless brows . List , lady , be not coy , and be not cozened With that same vaunted name , virginity . Beauty is Nature's coin , must not be hoarded , 58 COMUS .
Page 62
... Saturn's crew . I must dissemble , And try her yet more strongly . - Come , no more ; This is mere moral babble , and direct Against the canon laws of our foundation . me And settlings of a melancholy blood : But this 62 COMUS .
... Saturn's crew . I must dissemble , And try her yet more strongly . - Come , no more ; This is mere moral babble , and direct Against the canon laws of our foundation . me And settlings of a melancholy blood : But this 62 COMUS .
Page 64
... comes in . ] SPIRIT . What , have let the false enchanter ' scape ? you Oh ! ye mistook , ye should have snatched his wand , And bound him fast ; without his rod reversed , And backward mutters of dissevering power , We cannot free the ...
... comes in . ] SPIRIT . What , have let the false enchanter ' scape ? you Oh ! ye mistook , ye should have snatched his wand , And bound him fast ; without his rod reversed , And backward mutters of dissevering power , We cannot free the ...
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